Jordan Crawford traded to Boston Celtics, according to reports

Crawford is signed for a little more than $2 million next season before he hits restricted free agency and is a low-cost rotation player. The Celtics are a little bit better than they were yesterday, which was one of Ainge’s goals this week.

Barring another crushing injury the Celtics are headed back to the playoffs where Pierce and Garnett will get one more chance to do their thing this spring. Neither player wanted to leave and they get their way. For now. It wasn’t the huge franchise-altering move many were hoping for, but on its merits the Celtics came out ahead in this transaction.

Crawford, a third-year guard from Xavier, clearly has some talent, but he’s running out of chances to show it at the NBA level. After wearing out his welcome in Washington, Boston is his third team in three seasons. However, as part of the deal, the Celtics went on the hook for his $2.1 million salary next season, so they clearly think he’s salvageable.

He would likely serve a similar role for the Celtics, backing up Bradley and Lee in a second-unit back-court with Terry. None of the four guards is a traditional PG, but they’re all capable of handling the ball well enough to run point for stretches of the game.

Mike Prada from Bullets Forever had this to say about a deal with the Celtics involving Fab Melo for Jordan Crawford:

Prada also chimed in with thoughts on a possible deal for Crawford with a variety of players in Dallas:

Crawford is averaging 19 points, six assists and five rebounds per game in December, but caught some heat for his perceived selfish play and his minutes shrunk in January. Maybe not coincidentally, the Wizards started playing better as his minutes went down.

Crawford has not taken his benching well, tossing his jersey into the crowd after the Wizards’ eight-point loss to the Raptors Monday.