Agree. Also, given TL's injury history, they need a high quality backup C, ie what Theis was supposed to be in theory.
I kept waiting all season for Hauser to do something. I guess I’ll be waiting more
Need 15 players and they just traded a bunch of flotsam from the end of the bench.
Ah, damn, When I saw that article linked here earlier today, I didn't notice the part about them being unlikely to use the TPE now. Oh well.
It's getting close to the point where it's tough to identify a $17 million per year player, that we could realistically trade for, who could crack our top 8 rotation (ok, top 7 maybe).
If there is no further way to improve the team, that’s fine. I don’t want to hear anything about the tax. The Celtics are worth a lot more than Wyc paid for them, like many times more. Championships will increase that value further.
Yup, they are at least $15m into the luxury.
defense + lengthen the rotation
Sure they probably want to move on from Collins, but ATL just traded for Murray. Doubt they are trading for another guard. Plus Collins is worth more than that package.
The did - Brogdon is owed 3 years, $67 million or some such. They shipped out about $38 million and took back $67 million. Used their draft capital. They could take on an up to $17 million player that some team wants to get rid of for free, but you aren't exactly getting a great player if someone is looking to dump him.
yea .0001% chance of happening
They could still use it if only to extend the window. Like if they got an expiring deal of an overpaid vet for peanuts they could staple a pick and other assets to that guy at the deadline for an upgrade
That's a pretty big ask of Wyc.... "Hey mind paying an extra $70M in case we might need a salary match at the deadline?" remember how the tax works, as your salaries get higher the amount of tax you pay on each dollar goes up. Right now Wyc is looking at $30M in tax on top of $165M or so in salary. Adding $16-17M in salary also adds about $60M more in tax
Oh no doubt. Was just presenting an option where them using the TPE could still be for a guy who may not crack the rotation.
I’d love to get Poetl, and he has to be readily available. Strong, big defender who can defend the rim when Rob sits and help the Cs against guys like Embiid.
His minutes will spelling guys who are injured/resting. Unless the Celtics abandon 2 bigs almost entirely and go small in the frontcourt. They aren’t going to play Pritchard at the expense of better guards.
Yeah, I think Hauser has a better chance for minutes in some ways.
Of course they'll play their better players more. But 82 games is a long regular season, and guys do rest, and guys do get hurt, and guys do get in foul trouble, and one lesson I hope IME has learned is that if you lean heavily on your core rotation guys during the regular season, they might run out of gas in the finals. I'm not 100% sure that's what DID happen this past season, but it easily could have been a factor. So yeah, I see a guy like Pritchard getting plenty of playing time. I mean, hell, this past season, the #10, #11, and #12 guys in terms of minutes played per game were:
Yeah, Grant is actually costing them a lot this year, when you multiply 4.3M by the tax. He also has value around the league with some team: there were reports that he was the piece Indy wanted in the Brogdon deal.
Spurs in need of PG help with Murray gone. PP+pick for Poeltl would seem to make sense. Then sign a vet minimum guard.
Not sure on latest cap machinations but I thought using a portion of the TPE, however small, resets the timer on the remainder. If that’s accurate I would expect Brad to at least do something small to maintain the asset: once over the cap (for foreseeable future) keeping every venue for improvement alive becomes priority.
I didn't say they would get no minutes. I just don't think they will be in an "everyone is healthy and dressing for the game" rotation unless the Celtics decide to go small and play Tatum a lot of minutes at PF as the regular lineup.
Using a portion of the TPE doesn't reset the time on the remainder. They got the Tristan Thompson TPE last summer, and used most of it on Theis, but the balance is about to expire next week.
I’m kind of wondering if Brogdon will get the minutes we envisioned for a wing acquisition. Barring injuries, the 96 frontcourt minutes will be split among Horford/TL/Grant/Gallinari and the other 144 between Tatum/Brown/Smart/White/Brogdon.
JD Davidson is probably on a 2-way. Maybe Begarin?
