Cleaning up Holiday and Posses is just a basic operation. These four transactions allow the young marshal to truly become a god!

Despite the failure to defend the title this season and the team's core Jason Tatum also suffered a serious injury from a torn Achilles tendon, many fans and media have been dissatisfied with the Celtics' journey next season. Therefore, the team will not only lack Tatum for a long time next season, but the contracts of Ju Holiday and Porzingis can basically be classified as garbage contracts. If these two people are kept in the team, not only will they need to pay expensive luxury taxes, but the team has almost no flexibility in the free market and trading market, which is likely to decline and will only get further and further away from the championship. Faced with such a dilemma, most team managers may feel extremely tremendous pressure.

However, Stevens easily solved these problems. In the past two days, he quickly dealt with Holiday and Posses. The two were sent to the Trail Blazers and the Hawks respectively. The team did not pay any draft picks, and also obtained Anthony Simmons, George Nian and three second-round draft picks. It can be said that it amazed the fans and regarded Stevens as the god of trade. However, if you know the god-level operations he has made in the past, you may only think that this is his basic operations. Let's recall Stevens' four top-level operations together to see how he quickly built the Celtics into the later champion army!

1. Clean Walker's garbage contract and welcome veteran Horford back.

First of all, in the offseason in 2021, the team made an extremely critical deal. Although they still contributed 19.3 points, 4 rebounds and 4.9 assists in the 20-21 season, anyone with discerning eyes knows that Kemba Walker's condition has declined severely due to injury, so he can quickly deal with him to give the team enough operational flexibility. But at that time, Walker basically had no team willing to take over. After all, most teams did not want to be suckers and took over Walker's huge contract. However, Stevens found an opportunity. They reached an agreement with the Thunder, which was still rebuilt at the time. While successfully clearing Walker's 4 years and $141 million left in the garbage contract, they also welcomed veteran Al Horford back. At that time, Horford was also eager to sell off by the Thunder because of his decline in ability. After Horford returned, he quickly integrated into the team's system. In the 23-24 season, the 38-year-old Tanhua maintained a very good condition, and averaged 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1 block per game, successfully playing in the second spring of his career and helped the team win the championship.

2. Three for one get White and successfully strengthened the back line.

Of course, getting Horford is only the first step. In the mid-21-22 season, Stevens once again contributed his god-level operations. They reached an agreement with the Spurs to package Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford and the 2022 team's first-round draft pick, and three for one got Derek White. You should know that although Richardson and Langford have a certain role in the team, they are completely able to replace other players, and the number of draft picks is enough. Therefore, the team has almost no big losses in this deal and has obtained the long-awaited White. After White came to the team, he quickly integrated into the system and grew into a top 3D player. In the 23-24 season, he could output 16.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the playoffs, and he also contributed 1 steal and 1.2 blocks on the defensive end, which could greatly help the team on both offense and defense. It is precisely because of his arrival that the back line's lack of firepower was made up for and the hardness of the outside defense was strengthened, which ultimately helped the team successfully reach the top last season. And you should know that White is only 30 years old now and will be able to maintain his peak for a few years in the future, so this deal can be said to be quite successful.

3. Decisively sent Smart away and bet on Porzingis.

Time comes to the summer of 2023. Although the team reached the Eastern Conference Finals the year before, they became the last stepping stone for the Heat's Black Eight Miracle. Therefore, Stevens also changed the team's lineup again. The first person sent away by the team was Marcus Smart, who had been with the captain and team spirit for 9 years, which caused an uproar at the time. But Stevens' choice is indeed not a problem. Although Smart's defensive ability is good, he really lacks enough finishing ability on the offensive end. Moreover, because he has a high position in the team, he often has the upper hand on the court, so dealing with him is also the right choice. Moreover, in the transaction of sending Smart away, they also successfully obtained Porzingis. Although in the eyes of the outside world, their acquisition of Porzingis means a big gamble, the Celtics are not short of the capital for a big gamble. Even if Porzingis is unable to play for a long time, their extremely thick lineup is enough to support the record. Facts have also proved that their big bet was right. Popes returned to his peak in the 23-24 season, with averaging 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, which eventually helped the team win the championship.

4. Collect the last piece of the puzzle and successfully intercept Hu Holiday.

Let's go back to the summer of 2023, due to Smart's departure, the team naturally needs to know a player who will replace him. As the Bucks traded Ju Holiday, Stevens seized the opportunity and directly targeted the rebuilding Trail Blazers, sent out the glass man Robert Williams and Malcolm Brogodon, who performed well, and successfully intercepted Holiday. We also know the story of the later. Holiday, who was still in the peak of his career, was completely liberated after coming to the team. He no longer needed to spend too much energy on the offensive end like the Bucks. He only needed to devote his energy to more blue-collar work. He contributed phenomenal performance on both the organization and the defensive ends. He averaged 13.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game in the playoffs in the 23-24 season. The Celtics, who had gathered the last piece of the puzzle, also successfully won the championship. And more importantly, with the decline of Porzingis and Holiday, the team found the seller again, and cleaned the two at the same time without paying any price. It can be seen that Stevens's operational ability is indeed top-notch and deserves the title of God of Trading.