Regardless of what moves the Celtics make in the closing stages of the offseason, they are unlikely to make any moves bigger than what they started with. To begin the offseason, Boston dealt Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis to the Portland Trail Blazers and Atlanta Hawks, respectively, to help settle their financial situation.

Kristaps Porzingis believes that his new team, the Atlanta Hawks, may be a better fit for him than the Celtics were.