The Boston Celtics have a scarcity of depth at middle, significantly with Robert Williams III out for a number of extra weeks. To help Boston’s title hopes, they might scour the commerce marketplace for assist on the place with Jakob Poeltl a possible candidate.
“The query is ‘does this workforce have to exit and get one other massive man who can defend?'” stated Brian Windhorst. “The identify that has come up that individuals have speculated has been Jakob Poeltl from the Spurs. They did a cope with the Spurs final yr, clearly, for Derrick White.
“The Spurs might wish to maintain Jakob Poeltl. I am not saying they will put him on the market. The Spurs have been unable to increase Poeltl. They tried to extnd him earlier than the season. He’ll change into an unrestricted free agent. They’ve the bottom payroll within the league. San Antonio can actually afford to pay him, possibly that is what they will do on the finish of the season.”
Poeltl is averaging 13.4 factors, 10.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.2 blocks in 28.8 minutes over 15 video games for the Spurs this season.
Windhorst reported a couple of weeks in the past that Poeltl expects to make extra as a free agent than what the Spurs may provide him through extension presently.
