The Washington Wizards are completing a three-way deal with the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies that will send Marcus Smart to the Grizzlies, Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics and Tyus Jones to the Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Grizzlies are sending the No. 25 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft and a 2024 first-round pick to the Celtics, sources told Wojnarowski.
The Celtics are sending the 35th pick on Thursday to the Wizards in the deal, sources told Wojnarowski.
Porzingis is opting into his $36 million player option for the 2023-2024 season, Wojnarowski reports.
Earlier on Wednesday, a three-team trade between the Celtics, LA Clippers and Wizards that would have seen the Celtics acquire Porzingis and the Clippers land Malcolm Brogdon fell apart, sources told Wojnarowski.
The Celtics didn’t want to wait any deeper into Wednesday night on the completion of the proposed three-way trade and pivoted away from including the Clippers in the deal, sources told Wojnarowski.
In that proposed trade, the Wizards would have received Marcus Morris, Amir Coffey and the 30th pick in Thursday’s draft from the Clippers, along with forward Danilo Gallinari from Boston, sources told Wojnarowski.
In nine seasons with Boston, Smart averaged 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.6 assists. He was the Celtics’ first-round pick in the 2014 draft.
Porzingis averaged a career-high 23.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 blocks in 65 games for the Wizards this past season.
Jones averaged a career-high 10.3 points and 5.2 assists in 80 games for Memphis this past season.
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Grizzlies acquire Marcus Smart from Celtics in 3-team deal involving Kristaps Porzingis and Tyus Jones, sources say
