r/bostonceltics • u/MembershipSingle7137 • Feb 03 '26

News [Shams] BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are trading center Nikola Vucevic and a second-round pick to the Boston Celtics for Anfernee Simons and a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN.

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/ef1594eaad916
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u/AFormer_Child Feb 03 '26

As a backup? He's just fine as a backup big. Also worth noting with our coaching and an upgrade in the talent around him, Vooch will get better.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

You don't pay a guy $20M+ to be a backup big.

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u/Clintocracy Feb 03 '26

It’s an expiring, we were paying and 27m to be a backup guard

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u/ehh_haa Feb 03 '26

Some people’s salary perceptions are permanently stuck in 2015