The Boston Celtics have acquired Oklahoma City Thunder’s Perry Jones III, a 2019 second-round pick, and some cash, according to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald. The Thunder simply shipped Jones off to Boston for luxury tax purposes, and now the Thunder will save $7 million after trading Jones.
The Celtics will be giving up a 2018 second-round pick and a trade exception for Jones.
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Celtics will be acquiring Perry Jones, a second round pick and cash from Oklahoma City. Not really giving up anything. Tax deal for OKC.
— Steve Bulpett (@SteveBHoop) July 14, 2015
Thunder announce the trade. Sending Perry Jones, a 2019 2nd rounder and cash to Boston for a 2018 protected 2nd rounder and trade exception.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) July 14, 2015
Jones is 6-foot-11 and he can play the wing and the power forward position because of his athleticism. Jones had spurts of greatness for the Thunder in his time there, but he never really got the chance to shine for the Thunder until Kevin Durant sat out almost all of last season.
When Durant went out in October of last season, Jones started to show that he can really produce on the offensive end in a variety of ways. He had 32, 2o, and 16 points in three straight games after Durant went out, which was very promising for the Thunder, but then he sustained a knee injury and he missed the next 13 games.
Jones really did not produce when he came back after his injury, but he could still be a good fit on the Celtics.
Jones should be a wing for the Celtics, and he will be able to create his own shot. Jones will probably not see the floor too much as a Celtic, but he will be a good option off the bench if the team needs a scoring spark, or some size on the wings.
Jones may not seem like a big deal, but Celtics’ fans should remember his name because he was still on the draft board during the 2012 NBA Draft, but instead the Celtics decided to take Fab Melo, who was certainly a bust.
General manager Danny Ainge can hopefully now make up for that pick by acquiring Jones.
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