Curmudgeon wrote:Celts17Pride wrote:Ainge traded Theis because of the very stiff repeater luxury tax. Very smart move which allows the Celtics to start clean next year.
No he didn't. Theis would have made less money than Fournier had Theis stayed. And this year they are under, so they don't have to worry about the repeater tax for the next four years. And who knows where the cap will be in 2026?
Next year, when Tatum's extension kicks in and with Kemba still on the books, the luxury tax bill will be steep, but it would have been less steep if they had been willing to pay Theis instead of Fournier. Hopefully Stevens can move Fournier to another team in a sign and trade, and get something more than another lilliputian guard in return.
Theis is a good player and he would have helped some against the Nets, but he's like the other centers they C's already have under contract for next year: not big enough to deal effectively with the Embiids of the world.
I do think Max is right in that the Jays are too alike to really be complementary, and his idea is to use Brown in part to bring in KAT. While the knock on KAT has been that he hasn't won anything and he's soft, Cedric, who knows something about playing tough down low, adamantly disputes that and thinks he's just the sort of player Tatum and the C's need to balance with Tatum's strengths.
who says no 
Stevens or Ainge?
