Delon Wright, Alec Burks join Kelly Olynyk as proposed Celtics trade targets

And along with the former Celtics center, both Burks and Wright would be far more likely to join the team as buyout options.

The NBA’s 2023-24 trade season is here in full force, and with it come myriad trade proposals for every team in the league, even the ball club that currently owns the best record in the Association so far this season, the Boston Celtics.

Some proposals tend to focus on the obvious issues a team has — in the case of the Celtics, some need for rotation wings and big men — but miss the mark on what a ball club like the Celtics can realistically accomplish given their current roster construction and status as a second apron team in the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement. As Boston team president Brad Stevens noted, the club’s $6.2 million traded player exception is likely the biggest tool the team has to make moves ahead of the deadline, making trades for players making more than that unlikely at best.

Such a situation makes trading for Detroit Pistons wing Alec Burks, or Washington Wizards point guard Delon Wright as fraught of a target as former Celtics center Kelly Olynyk.