Celtics avoid luxury tax, keep core intact in trio of deals

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BOSTON (AP) The Celtics had two goals ahead of the annual trade deadline: Get under the luxury-tax threshold and avoid shaking up their core eight-man rotation led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens succeeded at both. Boston was one of the NBA's busiest teams Thursday, trading seven role players and adding two in deals with Orlando, San Antonio and Houston during a flurry of transactions around the league.

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