Two average seasons and then goes away. On Friday, Boston parted ways with star Kemba Walker, sent to Oklahoma City in exchange for insider Al Horford. In this transfer, the Celtics also traded their 16th pick from the 2021 Draft and a second round from the 2025 Draft, with the Thunder sending them young pivot Moses Brown and a second round from the 2023 Draft in return. Arrived from Charlotte in 2019, replacing Kyrie Irving who left for Brooklyn, Walker never really convinced in the clover jersey.
This season the 31-year-old has often been injured, especially in the left knee. He averaged 19.3 points and 4.9 assists in 43 games played and missed matches N.4 and 5 of the first round of the play-offs lost (4-1) once morest Brooklyn. His departure, the first major project operated by Brad Stevens, the former coach who became president of basketball operations at the beginning of the month, will make it possible to reduce the payroll of the Celtics, who want to build the team around young stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
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Fournier might take advantage of it
Walker was worth around $73m (around €61.4m) over the next two years, while Horford was expected to cost the Thunder 53 over that same period. This operation might benefit French back Evan Fournier, recruited to finish the season in the spring and who will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. A long-term contract with Boston is possible. In the meantime, the Celtics have already strengthened their interior sector with the experienced Horford, 35, who brought Oklahoma City with 14.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 27.9 minutes. per game this season.
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