NBA Rumors: Celtics Trade Enes Kanter To Trail Blazers In Three-Team Deal

Enes Kanter is headed back to Portland.

The Boston Celtics traded the big man to the Portland Trail Blazers, where he played before Boston, as part of a three-team deal, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Celtics will get future draft consideration from the Memphis Grizzlies, who were the third team involved in the trade.

Here are the details:

Kanter ($5M) slides into Portland's $7M trade exception and resumes the model at center -- Nurkic and Kanter -- that helped lead Portland to WCF. Nurkic got hurt late that season, but now he'll be starter with Kanter as backup. Zach Collins is recovering from ankle surgery. https://t.co/2bK5jvWE3F

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 20, 2020

Kanter played 58 games for the Celtics during the pandemic-shortened season. He averaged 16.9 minutes, 8.1 points and 7.4 rebounds.

Kanter opted into his one-year contract with Boston on Thursday, and was scheduled to make just over $5 million with the Celtics this season.