Brad Stevens Says Celtics Wanted To Keep Together But Are Aware Of Apron Concerns
In recent interview with the Boston Globe, Brad Stevens touched on the Boston Celtics doing what they could to bring back most of the 2024 title roster. Stevens said the goal was to see how far the Celtics could take things, while also understanding at some point the luxury tax and tax aprons could be concerns.
"What we want to do is try to get our guys locked in on fair and good extensions that they feel really good about and hopefully continue this thing as long as we can continue this thing," Stevens said. "We’ll cross every bridge when we get there, and the different basketball penalties that will be associated with being above the second apron, those are real, and we’ll just have to weigh those against where we are as a basketball team, and we’ll also have to weigh the financial part of that. And I’m sure part of that will be a discussion amongst whoever the new investors are."
Stevens also said the Celtics are likely to keep their 15th, and final, standard roster spot open. Boston will use that flexibility to see where they need to improve throughout the season.
"We’re just going to monitor the health of our team and see how everybody’s doing, and if there’s any issues that arise between now and September that we need to really address, then we might use it," Stevens said. "But right now I’d say it’s unlikely. We’re still looking to sign a couple of Exhibit 10s that their most likely path will be to play in Maine. But we’ll see."