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jfs1000d wrote:Fierce1 wrote:MaxwellSmart wrote:This CBA gonna be killing teams...and Those Super Max contracts...smh.
Very few can get the supermax.
Our 2 superstars got the supermax but that is not the norm.
Booker at $72M? That is $20m more than Tatum. And, suns and Celtics have the same rules.
That max deal is gonna end up killing the suns long term.
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bucknersrevenge wrote:keevsnick1 wrote:hugepatsfan wrote:
I think you can fit another $30M guy on the roster. I think our current roster proves that. We're currently in position to be under the 2nd apron if we carried 14 guys instead of 15 and of our current 15 one is Tatum so we're kind of already doing the 14 man roster thing really. Simons at $27M basically is that $30M player.
Tatum - supermax
Brown - supermax
White - current extension
Simons - right about $30M
Hauser - $12M/year deal
Pritchard - $8M/year deal
Niang - $8M vet signing
Rest is rookie contracts and minimum signings.
I think our payroll structure is set up PERFECTLY for another $30M player to be an in-the-tax but below the 2nd apron team. That's where my expectation are for us to be during the rest of Tatum's prime, and be willing to go into the 2nd apron for a year or 2.
The issue right now is roster fit. Simons, as a scoring guard, simply isn't the right $30Mish player to have. Not when you have Pritchard as a similar archetype and then even some overlap with Hauser and your best rookie contract guys. I think our payroll structure is great right now, just need to swap some of them for similarly priced guys at different positions.
Ya, this is basically how I feel as well. If the budget is "right up to second apron" then all the Celtics really need to do to get back in the mix is
A) Get Tatum healthy and back to his pre-injury level.
B) Turn the Simons slot into a big man making 20-30 million.
C) Turn the Niang slot into a 8-to-10-million-dollar level rotation player.
D) Develop at least one of your young wings into a cheap rotation option.
If you can do that then you have a solid eight-man rotation that I'd put up against any team in the league. Between the ability to spin off Simons/Niang and/or use the KP TPE i think they should be able to do the above. It just won't be this year.
A) We hope. From your lips to God's ears
B) Easier said than done. People are holding on to quality bigs for dear life right now. Losing 2 this offseason really hurts Hoping that at least 2 of the 3 of Garza, Neemi, and Amari show real potential as quality minutes bigs this year.
C) This is probably the easiest thing to accomplish. Niang is ALREADY an 8-10M rotation player and I think he will complement this roster well. We just lost our 2 best screeners on the team. Niang is a good screener. Don't think for a second that that doesn't matter.
D) Baylor Scheierman, come down! You are the next contestant...
Celts17Pride wrote:Vooch is like Simons, serves no purpose at all. Neither one will be on the Celtics in 2026/2027 and all they will do is help win games in a gap year when the Celtics don’t necessarily want to win. Need to move Simons and possibly a 1st round pick for someone you want to stick around in Boston the next 3-4 years. Simons and Vooch are not those players.
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:We welcome our new Charles Bassey overlord! Unrestricted Free Agent and working out with Celtics...
chrisab123 wrote:bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:We welcome our new Charles Bassey overlord! Unrestricted Free Agent and working out with Celtics...
Bassey was fun to watch at WKU. His Rebounding would be nice to have.
Hal14 wrote:chrisab123 wrote:bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:We welcome our new Charles Bassey overlord! Unrestricted Free Agent and working out with Celtics...
Bassey was fun to watch at WKU. His Rebounding would be nice to have.
Interesting.
Thing is, we're at the maximum of 15 standard contract guys.
Parliament10 wrote:Hal14 wrote:chrisab123 wrote:
Bassey was fun to watch at WKU. His Rebounding would be nice to have.
Interesting.
Thing is, we're at the maximum of 15 standard contract guys.
We can carry 21-players in the Offseason.
Hal14 wrote:Parliament10 wrote:Hal14 wrote:Interesting.
Thing is, we're at the maximum of 15 standard contract guys.
We can carry 21-players in the Offseason.
I'm aware..
But the maximum is 15 during the reg season. I'm sure Bassey and his agent are talking to teams and trying to figure out where the best spot is for him.
He's already got 4 years of NBA experience under his belt. So he's probably not just looking for an exhibit 10 deal, which is all we can offer right now.
An exhibit 10 guy on a team that already has 15 guys signed to standard contracts is a long shot to make the team - especially when we also have Loften on the summer league team, another big who could compete for a last roster spot.
So he's probably looking to sign somewhere he has a better chance at making the 15 man roster and getting a standard contract. that would be a team that doesn't already have 15+ guys signed to standard contracts..as well as a team that doesn't already have 4 other bigs (5 including Niang as a small ball 5).
Which is why I said if we move Tillman, I could see us possibly signing Bassey.
rambo_ortega wrote:Let’s take a look at Kai Jones
A young talented Big who can improve further if given significant minutes
Hal14 wrote:Good thing we didn't trade up for a top 20 pick so we could take this guy:
In Brad we Trust.
Hal14 wrote:Good thing we didn't trade up for a top 20 pick so we could take this guy:
In Brad we Trust.
djFan71 wrote:Hal14 wrote:Good thing we didn't trade up for a top 20 pick so we could take this guy:
In Brad we Trust.
Sorry, I have to:
Hal14 wrote:djFan71 wrote:Hal14 wrote:Good thing we didn't trade up for a top 20 pick so we could take this guy:
In Brad we Trust.
Sorry, I have to:
He had issues with his handle and getting by his man in college too
bucknersrevenge wrote:Hal14 wrote:
He had issues with his handle and getting by his man in college too
That said I didn't see one proper screen there. You're right about not having elite quickness off the bounce but in a better setting than this, they could use what he does do well better. He is a PnR guard. Sticking him in the corner won't do much for him but it's one game. I'm sure he'll be better in the next one.