In current interview with the Boston Globe, Brad Stevens touched on the Boston Celtics doing what they may to deliver again many of the 2024 title roster. Stevens mentioned the objective was to see how far the Celtics might take issues, whereas additionally understanding in some unspecified time in the future the posh tax and tax aprons might be issues.
“What we need to do is attempt to get our guys locked in on honest and good extensions that they really feel actually good about and hopefully proceed this factor so long as we are able to proceed this factor,” Stevens mentioned. “We’ll cross each bridge after we get there, and the completely different basketball penalties that can be related to being above the second apron, these are actual, and we’ll simply should weigh these towards the place we’re as a basketball staff, and we’ll additionally should weigh the monetary a part of that. And I’m certain a part of that can be a dialogue amongst whoever the brand new buyers are.”
Stevens additionally mentioned the Celtics are more likely to maintain their fifteenth, and ultimate, commonplace roster spot open. Boston will use that flexibility to see the place they should enhance all through the season.
“We’re simply going to watch the well being of our staff and see how all people’s doing, and if there’s any points that come up between now and September that we have to actually tackle, then we’d use it,” Stevens mentioned. “However proper now I’d say it’s unlikely. We’re nonetheless trying to signal a few Exhibit 10s that their most certainly path can be to play in Maine. However we’ll see.”
