3 Boston Celtics blockbusters that would blow up NBA trade season

Trade No. 2) Boston Celtics bring on a third star, Indiana Pacers rebuild

Next up, we’ve opted to recycle (it’s the only repeat deal within this article, we promise) one of our most recent trades that, quite frankly, we can’t stop thinking about — it would just be such a perfect transaction for the Boston Celtics to make.

As a bevy of reports throughout this year have suggested, arguably the main objective for the C’s front office at the deadline will be to try and land another star to have come in and run alongside the team’s studly wing duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

If they actually go on and pursue such a brand of baller, it is believed that estranged Indiana Pacers big man, Domantas Sabonis, could prove to be an ideal option for Stevens to consider.

A highly skilled scoring threat, particularly in the post, and one of the best passing bigs in the game today, the 25-year-old would instantaneously help compliment Tatum and Brown by both taking some of the defensive attention from opposing teams off of them while also having him personally set them up for cleaner scoring opportunities.

While he may not have been selected to his third-consecutive All-Star game this year like many had assumed he would, his numbers were indefinitely deserving of high consideration — and may still get him in as an injury replacement –, as he finds himself averaging 19.1 points, 12.1 rebounds, five assists, and half a block per game on an incredibly efficient 58 percent shooting from the field.

With him in tow, Boston would have a truly menacing Big-3 that, not only would it have them likely competing this year, but for the next several seasons to come for all three are locked into multi-year deals and are still well on the right side of 30.