A new blockbuster trade proposal has the Boston Celtics gaining an emerging center in exchange for guard Jaden Springer and a first round pick in the 2030 NBA D

What is the Boston Celtics' toughest question to answer ahead of the NBA's 2025 trade deadline? Given the Celtics have run back the same roster more or less that won them the 2024 NBA title, one would think that there would not be all that much in need of answering.

Entering Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks hold sole possession of the fourth-seed in the Eastern Conference. The New York Knicks have a 3.5-game edge on the Doc Rivers-led Bucks while the defending champion Boston Celtics are up a manageable 5.5 games.

The Boston Celtics aren't expected to be very active ahead of the NBA trade deadline and for good reason. Boston is one of the best teams in the NBA this season and they have a solid core in place. But if the Celtics did decide to make a move,

The Celtics should still be among the favorites to win it all. But will this potential weakness come to haunt them?

But with that said, it also does not rule out the possibility of Boston making some minor moves, which Bleacher Report cap expert Eric Pincus recently explained in an article surveying the NBA's potential trade options.

The Boston Celtics have been an on and off team recently, winning one game and losing the next. They need to shake things up, and a trade would do that well. Bleacher Report's Greg Swartz came up with two trade targets,