Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley is doing some NBA trade brainstorming these days. In a new article published Wednesday entitled, “1 Trade Every NBA Team Would Make If the Deadline Was Today”, Buckley envisioned the Boston Celtics acquiring a 26-year-old center from the Brooklyn Nets.

“The trade: Anfernee Simons and a 2027 first-round pick (top-five protected) to the Brooklyn Nets for Nic Claxton,” Buckley wrote .

“The Celtics are clearly (and predictably) feeling the effects of their financially driven summer subtractions, but there’s a reason they stopped short of a full-scale fire sale. At some point late this season or next, they’ll get Jayson Tatum back from his torn Achilles and have a real shot to rejoin the East’s elites as soon as that happens.”

“It could make sense, then, to

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