The Boston Celtics reportedly agreed on a three-year, $47.4 million deal with center Mitchell Robinson, who was part of the champion New York Knicks this past season.

A defensive force, Robinson averaged 7.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots in 397 games (215 starts) with the Nicks since entering the league in 2018. He has topped 100 blocks four times while totaling 690.

Last season, Robinson averaged 5.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots in 60 games (16 starts). He rejected 70 shots while averaging 19.6 minutes per game.

In the postseason, Robinson averaged 4.8 points and 5.5 rebounds in 18 contests while playing 13.9 minutes per game. The 28-year-old played through a broken right pinkie as the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs in five games in the NBA Finals.

The Celtics also reportedly reached a one-year deal with point guard Mike Conley, who will be entering his 20th NBA season.

Conley, 38, averaged career lows of 4.5 points and 2.9 assists in 54 games (15 starts) for the Minnesota Timberwolves last season.

Conley once was a top-tier player for the Memphis Grizzlies. He played 12 seasons with the Grizzlies before spending 3 1/2 seasons with the Utah Jazz and 3 1/2 seasons with the Timberwolves. He was selected to the All-Star Game in 2021 with the Jazz.

A four-time winner of the NBA’s Sportsmanship Award and two-time Teammate of the Year, Conley will become only the 14th player in NBA history to reach 20 seasons.

Conley has career averages of 13.6 points, 5.5 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 1,226 games (1,143 starts). His 6,782 assists rank fifth among active players and he stands 14 short of having 2,000 career 3-pointers.

–Field Level Media

Sean Keys hit a three-run blast for his first career major league home run Wednesday afternoon and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Mets 9-3.

Myles Straw added a three-run homer in the rubber match of the three-game series played on Canada Day.

Carson Benge hit a two-run homer for the Mets and Francisco Lindor had a solo shot.

The Blue Jays finished a disappointing 3-7 homestand. The Mets were outhit 12-5 to start 1-2 on their seven-game road trip.

Toronto scored once in the first against Freddy Peralta (5-7). Nathan Lukes led off with an infield hit to shortstop, took third on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s double to left and scored on Kazuma Okamoto’s infield single to shortstop. Toronto opener Braydon Fisher pitched around a walk in the first before Spencer Miles (4-1) took over in the second and allowed no runs, one hit and one walk with five strikeouts in three innings. Patrick Corbin allowed three runs in the final five innings to earn his first save,

Toronto took a 5-0 lead in the third. Okamoto walked and Alejandro Kirk singled with one out on a hard drive to shortstop that glanced off Lindor’s glove. Ernie Clement hit an RBI double to right over Carson Benge’s head. Keys hammered a 1-0 fastball to left for his second major league hit and first homer.

Peralta allowed five runs, seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings.

New York reliever Joey Gerber pitched 1 1/3 innings before he left the game with an apparent hand issue and was replaced by Cionel Perez.

Toronto added four runs in the seventh against Perez. Guerrero walked and took third when Okamoto singled to center and was out trying for a double. Daulton Varsho hit an RBI single, Kirk singled and pinch hitter Straw homered to left on an 0-1 slurve.

Corbin, who was moved from the starting rotation to the bullpen this week, pitched three perfect innings before allowing two runs in the eighth. Brett Baty singled and Benge homered to left center on a 3-1 fastball in the eighth. Lindor added a homer to left in the ninth.

Toronto put George Springer on the paternity list and recalled fellow outfielder Jonatan Clase from Triple-A Buffalo.

–Field Level Media

The Boston Celtics have agreed to a blockbuster trade which sends All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for former All-NBA veteran forward Paul George and four draft picks, according to multiple media reports on Wednesday.

The draft compensation, according to ESPN, will send two first-round picks (2028, which could be a swap that is more favorable for Boston, and unprotected 2031 pick) and two second-round picks (2028 and 2030) to Boston for Brown, who finished sixth in NBA MVP voting this past season when he averaged a career-high 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

Brown’s future with the Celtics has been uncertain since he was reportedly used as the main piece in Boston’s failed trade offer to acquire Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. He has three years left on the five-year, $285 million supermax contract extension he signed in July 2023.

Brown, 29, has averaged 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in 674 games (547 starts) over 10 seasons with the Celtics since they selected him eighth overall in the 2016 NBA Draft. The five-time All-Star and two-time second-team All-NBA standout was named NBA Finals MVP when Boston beat the Dallas Mavericks to win the 2024 championship.

In Philadelphia, he’ll be paired with former MVP Joel Embiid and rising star guards Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe on a team which suddenly could be an Eastern Conference contender.

George, 36, has spent the last two seasons in Philadelphia after previous stops with the Indiana Pacers (2010-17), Oklahoma City Thunder (2017-19) and Los Angeles Clippers (2019-24).

He battled knee, adductor and finger injuries during his time with the Sixers, limited to 78 games over the last two seasons. The nine-time All-Star has averaged 20.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists over 945 games (897 starts) across 16 NBA seasons.

–Field Level Media