The last 72 hours since the Boston Celtics were eliminated from the playoffs have been a vortex of emotions, conversations and lack of sleep for Brad Stevens.
The president of the team’s basketball operations is fully aware of many questions for him and the main office as the Celtics embark on a low season that will be full of challenges that were expected and unexpected this season.
“I know there will be many questions about what follows,” Stevens said at the door of his season-or-on-on season on Monday. “At the end of the day, I think that all of that will be driven by the same thing that has always taken us and that is’ How do we get our eels in the mixture to compete better for the championships?” “
Contending, thought, will be more difficult than a leg for the Celtics.
Boston faces two obvious problems: the superstar Jayson Tatum will miss most of the next season due to a devastating tendon torn from Achilles that he suffered in a defeat in game 4 against the New York Knicks; And Celtics face a series of difficult personnel decisions, list movements and financial sanctions due to their limit situation.
“The next time Jayson Tatum plays, if we assume that all 2025 will be lost, this team will be very different,” Fox Sports “, Nick Wright, he said Monday on” First the first things. “
With the Boston payroll for the next season on the way to around $ 225 million, next year’s tax bill would be almost $ 280 million. The combined potential of $ 500 million Tot Tag would be a league record under the current highly restrictive collective bargaining agreement.
It is not clear if the incoming property of the team will do it because to continue paying those intense penalties after accepting a purchase in March that is expected to have a final price of a minimum of $ 6.1 billion. If they do not, that means they will have to separate themselves, probably, with several players from their title team 2024.
“I know they are going to cut salaries,” Wright said. “If I were a fan of the Celtics, I just expected that, in some way, the next time Jayson Tatum will take the court, Jaylen Browns and Derrick White remain their teammates, and I don’t know if that is possible.”
To make that possible, Boston would certainly have to extend holidays Jrue, Kristaps Porzingis and Sam Hauser. Holiday is ready to win $ 104 million in the next three seasons. Porzingis has read a year on its agreement, at $ 30.7 million. And Hauser is under contract for three years and $ 35 million. While Porzingis and Hauser agreements may not seem too successful, they cost more than the nominal value due to the penalties that Celtics have to pay for being during the second apron.
“If only Sam Hauser trade, it would save $ 62 million because the $ 10 million contract costs $ 50 million in fines,” Wright said.
He is talking in estimates, but the feeling is clear. Boston is in a bad place.
Similar sanctions would be incurred if they wanted to bring the Free agents back to Horford and Luke Kornet. ESPN reported for every $ 3 million that Boston spends, another $ 25 million would be added per person. In a nutshell, if Horford, for some reason, agreed an agreement of one year and $ 3 million, would cost the team $ 28 million in total.
Another problem for Boston is that the Brooklyn Nets and the Detroit Pistons are really the only two teams that have space in the space of this party. Therefore, it will simply be difficult for their problems, since these teams can request a capital of capital currents to face Boston’s great money contracts.
“The next time Jayson Tatum plays, if we assume that all 2025 will be lost, this team will be very different,” Wright said.
Stevens, the general manager, refused to provide details about what will go to that process, saying that he would have more to say about the NBA draft. But he recognized that it is not clear if the so -called championship windows are becoming smaller due to the current CBA.
“That’s a good question. I don’t know,” Stevens said. “I think it is certainly more challenging in certain circumstances safely.”
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“I prefer to talk about the CBA and all that garbage,” Stevens joked. “The reality is that we blow the first two games (against New York), and that is why we put our customers in a difficult place.
Regarding the perspectives in the future for Brown and Porzingis, Stevens said he hopes that the absences far from the court won will extend.
He said Brown transmitted that his knee felt better at the end of the New York series, and that Porzingis plans encourage him to play for Latvia in Eurobasket in August.
Hey, you also have confidence that Brown can play any paper that is needed next season. Absence of tatum.
“Those guys have the central parts of this program for a while. So, there is no doubt about that,” Stevens said. “Those guys have achieved a lot. And they certainly deserve all the recognition, praise and praise they get. But yes, that is a large part of us being the best version of ourselves.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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