After a fairly quiet NBA trade deadline by the Boston Celtics, the defending champs will now hit the buyout market to fill at least one open roster spot

The Celtics only made a minor cost-cutting move ahead of the trade deadline as they elected to stay pat with their roster.

The Boston Celtics had a pretty quiet trade deadline, though that was to be expected. Beyond trading Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets, the Celtics did not make another trade.

The Celtics still have work to do with their roster after sitting out the trade deadline on Thursday in the wake of dealing Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets. That trade provided some cost savings in the interim for Boston’s luxury tax bill but it also opened up a second roster spot on the team’s 15-man roster.