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Cavaliers, Celtics modify, finalize blockbuster trade
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The blockbuster trade, delayed and in jeopardy of dying, is done: Kyrie Irving is headed to the Celtics, Isaiah Thomas is coming to the Cavaliers and the National Basketball Association can take a well-earned, late-summer break.
For a minute.
Concerned with medical findings after looking at Thomas’ injured right hip, the Cavs have negotiated another draft pick from Boston to compete the mega-deal that stalled, the teams announced in a joint statement early yesterday.
The teams modified the original deal and Cleveland will also get a second-round pick in 2020 from the Celtics, a pick it acquired from Miami. “The trade is now complete,” the teams said in their statement.
After days of uncertainty, both sides can move forward toward a 2017 season that will start with the Cavs hosting the Celtics on October 17.
The teams had a deadline of 10am yesterday to agree on the trade, which was prompted by Irving demanding to be dealt in July. New Cavs general manager Koby Altman pulled it off by sending the team’s second-best player to the Celtics for Thomas, forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Zizic and an unconditional first-round pick next year.
The Cavs had balked at pushing the August 22 trade through last week after Thomas underwent a physical. He tore a labrum last season in the playoffs against Cleveland, and it’s possible he might not be ready for the start of the season.
On Tuesday, Thomas told ESPN he is “not damaged” and believes he will return to All-Star form.
“There’s never been an indication that I wouldn’t be back, and there’s never been an indication that this is something messing up my career,” Thomas said. “Maybe I am not going to be back as soon this season as everyone wants me to be, but I’m going to be back, and I’m going to be the same player again. No doctor has told me anything different than that.”
Thomas decided not to have surgery and has been rehabbing his hip this summer.
After the teams finalize the deal with the league, the Cavs are expected to formally announce a trade that officially ends Irving’s tenure in Cleveland.
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