Zach LaVine. Karl-Anthony Towns. Kristaps Porzingis. Nikola Vucevic. Everywhere you look, there are high-end players who — despite routinely winding up in the league’s rumor mill — appear unlikely to be on the move before the league’s transactional buzzer sounds on March 25.


So who, or what, is worth tracking in these next 15 days? The Boston Celtics and their most prized asset that doesn’t wear a jersey: The $28.5 million trade exception acquired in the sign-and-trade with Charlotte for Gordon Hayward last offseason, which is the largest of its kind in NBA history and is set to expire before next season. It may not seem like the sexiest of storylines, but this fork-in-the-road moment for Celtics GM Danny Ainge and Co. could have a major ripple effect on the power dynamics in the East for the next few years.
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