2022 Trade Deadline

Magic add Bol Bol, PJ Dozier in deal with Celtics

Boston deals the two players to Orlando in exchange for a second-round pick.

From NBA.com News Services

Bol Bol, the 44th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, is out for the season due to a foot injury.

The Boston Celtics have agreed to a deal with the Orlando Magic, the teams announced on Thursday.

Boston receives:

  • Future second-round pick

Orlando receives:

  • Bol Bol
  • PJ Dozier
  • Future second-round pick
  • Cash considerations

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was first to report the deal.

Dozier and Bol came to Boston in January from Denver as part of a three-team trade that also involved San Antonio. Neither has seen action for the Celtics. Dozier is out for the season following surgery for a torn ligament in his left knee. Bol is recovering from right foot surgery.

Boston entered the day about $3 million over the salary cap as the league’s trade deadline loomed. It was in danger of being hit with the “repeater tax” for being over the cap threshold in three out of four seasons. The 2021-22 salaries of Dozier ($1.9 million) and Bol ($2.1 million) will keep Boston from incurring that luxury tax penalty.

The Celtics (31-25) have won a season-high six straight games and are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

The Magic reportedly plan to waive E’Twaun Moore and Michael Carter-Williams to create roster space for Bol and Dozier.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. 

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