Celtics Acquire Bayless In Three-Team Trade With Grizzlies, Thunder
BOSTON (CBS) - After days of a reported deal, the Boston Celtics completed a three-team trade with the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.
The deal sends guard Courtney Lee and a 2016 second round pick to Memphis, while Boston receives guard Jerryd Bayless from the Grizzlies and forward Ryan Gomes from Oklahoma City.
The Celtics waived Gomes after completing the trade.
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While Lee played for the Celtics off the bench this season, one of Danny Ainge's goals heading into the season was to shed the remaining two years and $11 million on Lee's contract. While he sends Lee's 49.2 shooting percent out of town, Ainge brings in a player in Bayless who is a free agent at the end of the season.
Bayless is averaging eight points, two assists and 1.9 rebounds in 20.8 minutes per game this season.
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Gomes, originally a second round pick by the Celtics in 2005, appeared in five games for the Thunder this season totaling six points and four rebounds in 34 minutes played.