WHERE ARE THEY NOW? All the players and picks from the infamous Celtics-Nets trade that reshaped the NBA
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One of the most notorious trades in the history of the NBA occurred during the 2013 offseason between the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics, a trade that would resonate throughout the league for years.
The Nets had decided to go all in for the upcoming season and traded a slew of draft picks and players for three veterans they hoped would be the final pieces to a championship team. The Nets did make the playoffs as the fifth seed in 2014, but were bounced from the playoffs in the second round by LeBron James and the Miami Heat.
Eight months after that playoff series, all three veteran players would be gone and little did anybody know at the time of the trade, the Nets would turn into one of the worst teams in the NBA. As a result, the draft picks given to the Celtics would routinely land near top of the draft, and in one instance, as the No. 1 overall pick.
Four years later, the Celtics just used the final piece from that trade, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers the final first-round pick as part of the deal to land Kyrie Irving.
In all, 15 players and picks were exchanged in the orignal deal. Below we take a look at what happened to all those players.
The Nets received Paul Pierce as one of the keys to the deal. Having spent 15 seasons with the Celtics, he was still a 19-point-per-game player in his final season in Boston. He was also about to turn 36.
Pierce spent just one season with the Nets (13.5 points per game) before spending his final three seasons in the NBA with the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers. He retired after last season and will soon have his number retired by the Celtics.
The Nets also received Kevin Garnett who was coming off his 20th season in the NBA, the previous six with the Celtics where he won his only title. He was also coming off an All-Star season in which he averaged 18 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. He was also 37 years old.
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