Trade proposal sees the Boston Celtics turn to the Memphis Grizzlies for a bench-boosting deal

“It’s not the sexiest trade but would likely enhance Boston’s strengths in a subtle way,” writes The Ringer.

The unofficial start of the NBA’s 2023-24 trade season kicking off on Dec. 15, the date when many of the players who signed deals during the league’s 2023 offseason become eligible to be traded, breathes a little more life into one of the slower stretches of the league calendar.

And it is not just fans of the Boston Celtics and other teams around the Association who let their imaginations run wild with the possibilities for change of a given team in the league. NBA analysts try to project which clubs will aim for what players, and the novelty of it all tends to get fans in a lather that is rarely born out in reality — yet grab us nonetheless.

The Ringer’s Michael Pina recently put together such a trade proposal, putting some meat on bones laid out by the reporting of HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto early in December.