BOSReceived
PRay AllenBoston Celtics
+Draft rights to Glen Davis
Championship construction · June 28, 2007
The draft-night trade that opened Boston's championship summer
Boston acquired Ray Allen and the rights to Glen Davis. Seattle received Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and the rights to No. 5 pick Jeff Green.
See where this happened in the 2007 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
Each team panel shows the players and draft assets it received.
To BOSDraftPICKround asset
To SEASEAReceived
Seattle SuperSonics
PWally Szczerbiak
PDelonte West
+Draft rights to Jeff GreenWhy it happened
The bet each side made
The Celtics needed a second established star to make a larger Kevin Garnett pursuit credible; Seattle chose youth and a reset.
Why history remembers it
Allen's arrival enabled the Garnett deal weeks later and supplied the shooting gravity behind Boston's 2008 championship.
What changed
The consequences
- Boston won the 2008 championship.
- The Allen trade became the first half of the modern Big Three build.
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