The saturated free agent market might help the Celtics

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The race to end up in cap space doesn’t stop there, however. There are more than 20 other free agents on the market who might garner more than next season’s projected full mid-level exception (expected to be about $9.2 million per year).

Players like Harrison Barnes, Bojan Bogdanovic, Marc Gasol, Marcus Morris Sr., Jonas Valanciunas, Nikola Vucevic, DeMarcus Cousins and Julius Randle are just some of the free agents who fall in this in-between range, and additional developments — perhaps the Oklahoma City Thunder or Miami Heat making moves to shed salary — could further constrict the market.

There will be a number of quality young players who may be forced to sign shorter, high-value deals as a result. Some of those players might just end up filling up Boston’s bench this season and being folded into a bigger deal the next.

[trickybilly]

Remember that time the Pels had Cousins and Davis on the same team?

Yeahhh, fun times.