The Celtics made a salary-shedding move on Wednesday by sending Jaden Springer to the Rockets. That helps their luxury tax bill int he future. Still, that trade does not take them out of the second apron. They still have to pick their trade targets carefully ahead of Thursday's trade deadline.

Before the Heat agreed to trade Jimmy Butler to the Warriors, those two teams and the Suns had the framework in place for a potential deal that would have sent Butler to Phoenix and Kevin Durant to Golden State,