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According to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania, the Boston Celtics are finalizing a trade that will send Abdel Nader to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for guard Rodney Purvis.
The Celtics are finalizing trade to send Abdel Nader to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Rodney Purvis, league sources tell Yahoo. Boston decided to part ways with Nader over weekend, worked trade to OKC.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 24, 2018
Charania is also reporting that the Celtics will send cash considerations to OKC in the deal.
Sources: Boston sending cash considerations along with Abdel Nader to OKC. https://t.co/lzTFU9laBp
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 24, 2018
This is a salary cap move, as Purvis will most likely be waived by the Celtics according to CelticsBlog’s Keith Smith. The guard’s contract is fully non-guaranteed.
The Boston Celtics trading Abdel Nader to the Oklahoma City Thunder instead of simply waiving him, will save Boston $450K and take them further under the luxury tax.
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) July 24, 2018
The Celtics will ultimately waive Rodney Purvis, who is fully non-guaranteed.
Purvis was traded from the Orlando Magic to Oklahoma City this past Friday in exchange for Dakari Johnson. The University of Connecticut product averaged 6 points in 18 games played for Orlando last season.
Boston was planning on waiving Nader, but trading him instead will save the team $450,000, moving them further under the luxury tax.