On this day in 2017, Boston Celtics veteran combo guard Avery Bradley was traded with draft assets to the Detroit Pistons for power forward Marcus Morris.
Avery, a 6-foot-3, 180 lb. native of Tacoma, Washington, was drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Texas with the 19th overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.
The former Longhorn quickly made a name for himself as one of the league’s best man-to-man defenders while coming up with the aging core of the 2008 title team, and outlasted the teardown of the Banner 17 squad only to be dealt in order to make cap space to sign forward Gordon Hayward.
In total, the Texas product played for the team for seven seasons, averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game while with the team.