A would-be blockbuster between the Celtics, Clippers, and Wizards appeared dead in the water late Wednesday night.
Word from the NBA insiders suggested that the Clippers weren’t satisfied with the medicals on the Celtics’ Malcolm Brogdon, and that the parties involved were “moving on.” That, with less than two hours to go before the centerpiece of the trade, 7-foot-3 big man Kristaps Porzingis, had to opt in or out of his deal, spelled troubled and then some.
But the Celtics and Wizards found a new third party, and the Memphis Grizzlies entering this trade took it up an entirely new level of NBA offseason insanity, with Marcus Smart thrown into the late-night package.
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