"His $40 million salary — and the chance to opt into two more years at $40 million annually — significantly shortens the list of teams that would take on his deal.” The post Passan: Red Sox have the top-two trade chips in baseball,

There may not be a large likelihood that the Boston Red Sox part ways with third baseman Alex Bregman before the trade deadline on July 31. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan project that there is just a 10% chance the franchise would make such a decision after signing him to a three-year,

The Boston Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks in the first major trade since the end of the NBA Finals. It's a fairly rare trade in that the recent champion Celtics are giving away the well-known veteran while the younger rebuilding team is giving away young talent in a win-now effort.

They agreed to trade Kristaps Porziņģis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal involving the Brooklyn Nets, less than a day after agreeing to trade Jrue Holiday to Portland for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks.

The NBA continues its version of musical chairs as yet another big trade has taken place following the movement of players like Jrue Holiday, Anfernee Simons, CJ McCollum and Jordan Poole over the last 24 hours.