On March 25th — in what became Danny Ainge’s penultimate transaction as general manager — the Boston Celtics dealt Jeff Teague and two second-round picks to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Evan Fournier.
At the time, the Celtics were gearing up for a postseason push, and Fournier was amid a career year in Orlando. The Frenchman put up 19.7 points per contest across 26 games as the go-to scorer for a bottom-dwelling Magic squad.
The rationale behind such a move for Boston was apparent, Fournier’s pending free agency notwithstanding. After all, near 20-point scorers are exceedingly hard to come by (even if he didn’t average 20 in Beantown), and the C’s gave up little for his services.