[Charania] Porzingis To Atlanta - Mann & #22 To Brooklyn - Niang & 2nd Rounder To Boston

[Tha Cynic]

If they end up in the lottery, I can definitely see Boston "luck" into a top 3 picks next season lol. That's just how the NBA works and from the reaction on Masai's face when the Raptors found out their draft position, he knows it.

[metafisical]

Masai bomb next

Still evaluating

[causal_fan]

Congratulations to Brad Stevens - Boston got under the second luxury tax apron much easier than expected.

[Ell Curry]

Read on Twitter

To get out of the tax entirely I think the math was over 40 mil they needed to shed.

Even if you gave away Hauser/Pritchard into other teams exemptions they'd still be a little short.

If they go that route to reset the clock they almost certainly are tanking.

The more likely scenario is they try to be a below the tax team next year by letting Simons/Niang expire.

Yeah, I think it looks like this. About 20.5M or so to fill in the rest of this roster, so basically just plug in a non-tax MLE center for 15M to start and let's assume they draft one next year:

2026 1st - MLE - Queta
Tatum-#32-JordanWalsh
Brown-Hauser
White-Schierman
Pritchard-#28

and 3 more minimum guys and you're just under the tax.

Hartenstein, Poeltl and Ayton all somewhat plausible though the first 2 should be making more than the MLE.

Maybe they trade a future first to move up in the draft this year or next, target a big in the draft this year that they think can start by year 2. Everything for them now is about finding 2 big and a 3+D wing to join Tatum/Brown/White/Hauser/Pritchard in a 8 man rotation. Seems plausible when you have your own firsts and the MLE, but you have to pick well or find a trade or good bargain free agent/trade option.

[Dr Positivity]

Prefer this to the Holiday deal. Porzingis could still be good at like 35 just by being tall and shooting.