A flurry of Friday and Saturday transactions that included trading Tristan Thompson and Moses Brown was supposed to make the Celtics a little more flexible heading into free agency. Apparently, not flexible enough. The Boston Herald’s Mark Murphy is reporting that the Celtics and Evan Fournier are far apart on a new contract:
According to a league source, negotiations between the Celtics and Evan Fournier are close to stalling, with the team unwilling to meet the valuable wing player’s asking price of $80 million over four years.
Though it’s unclear what the Celtics are offering, “it’s not looking good,” said the source.