Analysis: NBA free agency winners and losers, non-Nets edition
Rewind a few years, and it was tempting to think that Danny Ainge had lost his touch. In his final few seasons with the Boston Celtics, Ainge’s boldest moves backfired and he became a bit of a punchline for countless rumored trades that never came to fruition. The result was a maddening Celtics team that repeatedly inflated hopes and then failed to live up to expectations.. That decision, rare and a bit awkward, has paid off brilliantly for all parties.
. The Jazz made out like a bandit, nabbing four first-round picks, a pick swap and a collection of players while laying the groundwork for an even deeper teardown if it chooses to trade Donovan Mitchell. The 63-year-old Ainge rediscovered his fastball, selling high on a 30-year-old center who has never reached the Western Conference finals, who repeatedly expressed his frustration with his teammates during the playoffs and who will earn roughly $170 million over the next four years.
The reported price for the 37-year-old Tucker was a generous $33.2 million over three years, but that will be money well spent if his fierce defense and hustle plays help the 76ers get over the hump to the Eastern Conference finals. Of course, Philadelphia is also poised to be a major beneficiary of a Brooklyn implosion, given their divisional ties and the blockbuster trade of Harden for Ben Simmons.
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