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Eastern conference off-season update. (NBA).

The Sporting News

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Atlantic Division

BOSTON CELTICS: Chairman Paul Gaston mandated that the team not exceed the luxury-tax threshold, but the Celtics still searched for a true post presence, a more physical mix up front and stability at point guard. The budget mandate opened the door for free-agent carnage, with SF Rodney Rogers, SG Erick Strickland, C Mark Blount and PF Walter McCarty on the outs. Then came the trade of C Vitaly Potapenko and PGs Kenny Anderson and Joseph Forte to the Sonics for PF Vin Baker and PG Shammond Williams. The deal provides a post presence, but it does little to bulk up the power rotation and further muddles the long-term salary-cap situation. ...

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