After a fairly quiet NBA trade deadline by the Boston Celtics, the defending champs will now hit the buyout market to fill at least one open roster spot

The Celtics do have limitations in terms of who they can sign on the buyout market. Boston is above the second apron so they aren’t allowed to sign players that were making more than the non-taxpayer midlevel exception ($12.9 million) when they were bought out.

The Celtics picked up Springer from Philadelphia at last season’s trade deadline. The fourth-year guard is averaging just 1.7 points and 5.4 minutes per game, with his season hi

Derrick White scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to help the visiting Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to four games with a 112-105 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

The world champion Boston Celtics traveled to the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers Tuesday night in a big Eastern Conference showdown. Both teams scored well below season averages all night and it was Boston’s bench unit that helped propel them to victory 112-105.