The Boston Celtics messed up their roster with two trades on Deadline Day. Among others, it hit Dennis Schröder, who was traded to the Houston Rockets for his buddy Daniel Theis.
Schröder has to go to Houston first, but it’s still unclear whether he’ll stay there for the rest of the season. Like Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN) reported, a buyout is also an option, so that the Braunschweiger can possibly look for another team in the coming weeks.
Schröder still has a contract until the end of the season, in Boston the point guard completed 49 games in which he recorded an average of 14.4 points and 4.2 assists. The Rockets also received Enes Freedom and Bruno Fernando, with the former set to be released in the near future.
Theis, on the other hand, returns to Boston after only a year. The German international landed with the Bulls in a three-team trade with Washington and Chicago last March before signing a four-year deal worth almost $36 million in Texas in the summer.
In Houston, however, the 29-year-old quickly fell out of the rotation because the fit with Christian Wood was never there. Instead, Theis was only center number three behind Wood and rookie Alperen Sengün. In 26 games, Theis averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds.
Boston Celtics with three trades on Deadline Day
The Celtics also continued to make changes to their roster. In addition to Schröder, the Celtics traded guards Josh Richardson and Romeo Langford and a first-round pick to San Antonio in exchange for Derrick White from Spurs. The Celtics had recently sent PJ Dozier and Bol Bol to Orlando. Both teams also trade second-round picks.
It was also the second trade of the day for San Antonio, previously the otherwise reticent Spurs GM RC Buford threaded a deal with Toronto that brought Goran Dragic to the Alamo River.
In White, the Spurs are a favorite of coach Gregg Popovich, the 27-year-old has struggled with injuries in recent years. The guard made at least 49 appearances that season and was the Texans’ third-best scorer with an average of 14.4 points. White is in the first season of his four-year, $70 million contract through 2025.
Richardson and Langford were both bench players with the Celtics, with the former extending his one-year, $13 million contract to 2023 after the Dallas trade last summer.
The trades of the Celtics at a glance
| Get Celtics | received rockets |
| Daniel Theis | Dennis Schroeder |
| – | Enes Freedom |
| – | Bruno Fernando |
| Get Celtics | received spurs |
| Derrick White | Josh Richardson |
| – | Romeo Langford |
| – | First round pick 2022 (top 4 protected) |
| Get Celtics | received magic |
| second round pick | P.J. Dozier |
| bol bol | |
| second round pick |