- Kristaps Porzingis traded to Atlanta Hawks in three-team deal with Nets and Celtics
- Boston offloads Porzingis to avoid tax penalties
- Brooklyn receives Terance Mann and No. 22 pick as Celtics land Georges Niang
Key Takeaways:
Last year’s NBA champions, the Boston Celtics, have sent their player Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team trade involving the Brooklyn Nets as well.
The conditions of the deal are as follow: Atlanta will receive Porzingis and the second overall pick in the upcoming draft, the Brooklyn Nets will acquire Hawks guard Terance Mann and the team’s No. 22 draft pick, while the Boston Celtics will get Atlanta forward Georges Niang.
BREAKING: Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn are finalizing a three-team trade that sends Kristaps Porzingis and a second-round pick to the Hawks, Terance Mann and Atlanta's No. 22 pick to the Nets, and Georges Niang and a second-rounder to the Celtics. pic.twitter.com/1fcbIslyVF
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 24, 2025
The Celtics had already traded two-time All-Star Jrue Holiday to Portland to stay under the salary cap, and now with the departure of the often-injured Porzingis, they will avoid an estimated $180 million in tax penalties.
The 29-year-old Porzingis was an All-Star in the 2017–18 season as a player for the New York Knicks, who selected him fourth overall in the 2015 draft. He missed the entire 2018–19 season due to a torn ACL and has played fewer than 60 games in six of the last seven seasons.
The Latvian averaged 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 28.8 minutes per game last season and also played in 11 playoff games. He earned $29.2 million this season and is set to make $30.7 million next season.
Terance Mann, originally selected by the Los Angeles Clippers as a second-round pick in the 2019 draft, averaged 9.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 22.7 minutes over 30 games for Atlanta.
Georges Niang, picked by the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the 2016 draft, is 32 years old and has averaged 7.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 17.5 minutes across 544 career games. He has played for the Pacers, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Atlanta.