Correct.We still don't know what Teague signed for, right?
What I've seen most commonly is that this season, the Celtics cannot take more than $22 million in additional salary because of the apron limit. So, they'd have to send out some player(s) if they were going to get someone making $28.5 million (which isn't too much of an obstacle as you'd think anyone in that class of player wouldn't ordinarily just be had for draft picks).
We don't know for sure what Teague signed for yet, either the BAE or the minimum.
If he's at the BAE, the Celtics could add about 21M from the TPE without going over apron, assuming that player replaces Javonte.
If he's at the minimum, it's around 23M