{"id":128165,"date":"2025-03-11T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=128165"},"modified":"2025-03-11T17:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:01:57","slug":"utah-jazz-jaden-springer-appreciated-trade-boston-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/11\/utah-jazz-jaden-springer-appreciated-trade-boston-celtics\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Role Player ‘Appreciated’ This About Trade From Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of this year’s trade deadline, the Boston Celtics<\/a> were not too busy. However, this does not mean they were completely quiet. At the trade deadline, Boston shipped out guard Jaden Springer<\/a> to the Houston Rockets<\/a>. The Rockets ultimately waived Springer before he made his way to the Utah Jazz<\/a>. While most expected the Celtics to trade Springer, it was still a slightly controversial move. The North Carolina native did not get much playing time, but when he did, he looked solid, especially as a defender. Still, the Celtics made the decision and saved a lot of money by doing so.<\/p>\n

On Monday night, Springer and the Jazz took on the Celtics for the first time since the trade. Though he did not appear in the game, many fans still kept their eye out on him. Before the game, Springer spoke about his trade from Boston. In doing so, he revealed that Brad Stevens gave him “a heads-up” that a trade might happen. Springer said he was appreciative of this.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrad told me when (the trade) was in the works,\u201d Springer said<\/a>. \u201cHe told me, gave me a heads-up that something might happen. I\u2019m happy he gave me a heads-up. I appreciate Brad for bringing me in, letting me get a championship with the guys and be on the team. So I appreciate them. I\u2019ve got love for them. That\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Utah Jazz Role Player Jaden Springer ‘Appreciated’ This About Trade From Celtics<\/h2>\n

Jaden Springer Enjoys Playing for the Jazz<\/h3>\n

Despite going from the reigning champions to the worst team in the Western Conference, Springer made his feelings on the Jazz very clear. The Tennessee alum said he likes the roster and its youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like this team,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a young team. Everybody likes each other. It\u2019s good energy. So I\u2019m happy where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot, but it was pretty cool,\u201d Springer said Monday before the Jazz\u2019s 114-108 loss to the Celtics at TD Garden. \u201cIt was fun. Embrace the journey, you know? I\u2019m happy where I\u2019m at, settled in in Utah with the team. A bunch of great players, a bunch of great staff, so they brought me in, showed me how everything goes and got me up to speed pretty quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite being lottery-bound this season, there is a lot to like about Utah’s roster. Additionally, given that they have a shot at drafting Cooper Flagg later this year, their outlook for the future may soon look even better. The Jazz are not going to compete for any championships soon. However, there is still a lot of potential and excitement there.<\/p>\n

The Last Word<\/h3>\n

While his career in Boston was short, Celtics fans are aware of Springer’s potential. In Utah, he should be able to have some opportunities to showcase his talents and become a long-term contributor for the team. Springer will face off against his old team once again on March 21. This may be something worth monitoring as the regular season approaches its end.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Stephen Lew-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of this year’s trade deadline, the Boston Celtics were not too busy. However, this does not mean they were completely quiet. At the trade deadline, Boston shipped out guard Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets. The Rockets ultimately waived Springer before he made his way to the Utah Jazz. While most expected the Celtics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":128166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,3,24],"tags":[4326],"class_list":["post-128165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","category-jazz","tag-jaden-springer"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128172,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128165\/revisions\/128172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}