Celtic Owners Willing To Pay Luxury Tax

bobheckler wrote:

fierce wrote:

KyleCleric wrote:

swish wrote:Higher salaries won't stop some players from becoming unrestricted free agents - when the issue is about playing time.

 swish

For now though, the Cs can control where Smart plays next year and Rozier the next 2.

I would guess from this that ownership is ok with Ainge using MLE and LLE to improve team.

Celts have so many good players, they might not need the MLE or LLE.

Remember, the Celts still have a 1st round pick this year and they're going to get the 2019 Kings pick next year.

I'm not the person to talk to about the draft, there are far, far better prognosticators on this board than I, but I'd be just fine if we traded our #27 pick this year.  Either Nader or Semi can do as well as any player that far down in the draft and they have a year in Brad's system and they are just as cheap.  The #27 will make a little over $1M/year, but will sign a 3-4 year deal with each year being more expensive.  

Nader is signed, at team's option, for $1.378M.  However, it is year-to-year with only a partial year guarantee ($450K), so he can be cut without too much pain next year and no lingering impact on the salary cap in future years like the #27 pick would.  Nader only has a $450K hit on the cap if cut.

Semi has the same deal as Nader, except his guarantee is for $901K.  

I say "trade down for a couple of 2nd round picks".  If they work out great but if they don't there isn't an NBA requirement to sign them like there is with first-rounders.  And the difference in talent between a #27 and a #37 probably isn't too great.


bob


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fierce wrote:#Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck on @985TheSportsHub said he’s hoping to “pay for performance” and “we are prepared to do whatever it takes to win again” when asked if the team will pay deep into the luxury tax to keep this team together in the future. – via Twitter
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