Grant Williams to reportedly depart Celtics for Mavericks in sign-and-trade deal

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Grant Williams is reportedly signing a four-year, $53 million contract with Dallas.

After 4 seasons in Boston, Grant Williams is reportedly heading west.

Williams, who turned a restricted free agent final week, is heading to the Mavericks in a three-team, sign-and-trade deal involving Boston, Dallas and San Antonio, per the Athletic’s Shams Charania. 

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Williams agreed to a four-year, $53 million contract to be able to facilitate the deal.

Whereas the Mavericks will add Williams to assist bolster their frontcourt, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe reported that Boston will acquire two second-round picks and a 2025 second-round decide swap. 

The Spurs can even obtain Reggie Bullock and an unprotected Dallas decide swap in 2030.

According to HoopsHype’s Yossi Gozlan, the Celtics will acquire a traded participant exception value about $6.3 million because of the sign-and-trade.

If Boston in the end signed Williams to the identical deal as Dallas, it could have landed within the second apron of the luxurious tax and kicked up its their luxurious tax invoice by a steep $40 million.

Final fall, the Celtics and Williams’ representatives mentioned a contract extension that would have reached round $50 million over 4 seasons, per The Athletic’s Jared Weiss. Nonetheless, the conversations have been halted after each side couldn’t agree on the assure construction. 

Williams’ new take care of Dallas falls into the same value vary.

Drafted by Boston within the first spherical (twenty second total) of the 2019 NBA Draft, Williams developed right into a reliable bench choice for Boston over his remaining two years with the staff.

He performed a key position in a pair of deep playoff runs for the Celtics in 2022 and 2023, giving Boston 3-point taking pictures, rebounding, and defensive depth in a reserve position.

However after a breakthrough exhibiting throughout Boston’s Finals run, Williams had an up-and-down 2022-23 marketing campaign underneath first-year coach Joe Mazzulla.

Regardless that Williams posted profession highs in factors (8.1) and rebounds (4.6) per sport, he struggled to earn constant minutes in Mazzulla’s rotation, particularly throughout varied levels of the postseason.

Williams, who underwent hand surgical procedure final month however is predicted to be prepared for the beginning of the 2023-24 season, famous final week that he was retaining an open thoughts about his future in Boston. 

“No matter occurs,” Williams mentioned. “I’ve not a lot management on this as a result of I allowed my brokers and all people else to concentrate on that as a result of my complete focus and purpose has all the time been profitable. Staff success all the time been most vital factor. Brad [Stevens] and people guys, in the event that they resolve to maintain me and produce me again, in fact I’m going to come back again and be excited, glad, able to play for the Celtics.”