Report: David Lee’s Time in Boston Coming to an End

Bleacher Report’s Howard Beck has reported that the Boston Celtics will either trade power forward David Lee, before the trade deadline, or work on a buyout deal. Lee is on the last year of a contract that is paying him $15.5 million this season. It makes it extremely hard to trade him as the Portland Trailblazers are the only team who has enough cap space to take on his contract without sending a comparable amount back to Boston.

This report comes as no surprise. It has been widely assumed that this was going to be the case, although now it is confirmed. Lee has fallen out of Boston’s rotation just like he did with the Golden State Warriors last season.

Since the beginning of the year, Lee…