The Boston Celtics are trading Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. They will also exchange heavily-protected second-round picks in the swap. The deal is purely financially motivated on Boston's side of the equation.

Boston is reportedly trading its reserve guard and a 2030 second-round pick to Houston for a second-round pick.

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