SmartWentCrazy wrote:themoneyteam2 wrote:Seems like the likeliest trade would be Kanter, Poirier, and a a first rounder to just get them off the books and gain roster spots.
Anyone have any info on the likelihood of Hayward being dealt? Himmelsbach today said Celtics are still big Gordon guys and they want to keep him but you never know.
First part gets broken up into two pieces I bet. Kanter has an opt-in date after the draft so we likely have to work with him. My understanding is that we cant trade him at the draft if he has not opted in.
Portland gets: Kanter, 30
Boston gets: 47
Then, Poirier + 5M in cash to another team for a fake second round pick. That team subsequently cuts Poirier and gets 2.3M for their troubles.
With draft picks, we were projected to be about 15M into the tax and pay in total about 35M in tax. Those transactions save us roughly 9M in salary, but do not put us in range to being able to feasibly use our MLE [the 5M would functionally undo much of the benefit of the trade]. I’d guess we look to draft and stash at 26 to save another 2M. Still leaves us a bit too shallow to use the MLE [especially if we being back Wanamaker] but at least were closer.
Guessing theres still one more move out there.
That changes if Smitty is right and the tax line goes to $139M instead of staying flat. Then you can send out Poirier and keep Kanter, sign all 3 picks and you're at $4M over the tax with one roster spot left.
I don't really see a big out there that jettisoning Kanter and signing makes us significantly better.
Guards: Kemba, Smart, Romeo, Edwards
Wings: Jaylen, Jayson, Gordon
Bigs: Theis, GWill, RWill, Kanter
As long as we don't draft 3 combo guards, we can put one pick nicely into each group.
Either roll with 14 and stay in the first tax tier (< $5M over) til the deadline, or sign a vet (min all the way to tax MLE) and be into that 2nd tier.
If we draft multiple bigs, then you can get rid of Kanter, but having him as a vet is probably nicer.