The Free Agency/Roster Salary Problem

[celticsclay]

Keep in mind that the three lottery picks from Brooklyn – Jaylen Brown, BRK ’17, and BRK’18 – are supposed to be cheap replacements for veterans, meaning that they should help you save money. So for instance, if Brown becomes a good player then you can probably do without Crowder; if you draft a stud guard this summer you probably don’t have to re-sign Smart of Bradley; etc etc. You will not be paying all three of these draft picks AND re-signing all of your veterans. That is the point of draft picks, after all.

Yeah I agree with this. It also seems pretty unlikely we would keep KO at that number. Also as much as it pains me to think about losing one of them we are not going to keep rozier, smart, IT and bradley forever. I like them all so glad I am not making that decision. However if Rozier keeps developing we really dont need them all.

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Keep in mind that the three lottery picks from Brooklyn – Jaylen Brown, BRK ’17, and BRK’18 – are supposed to be cheap replacements for veterans, meaning that they should help you save money. So for instance, if Brown becomes a good player then you can probably do without Crowder; if you draft a stud guard this summer you probably don’t have to re-sign Smart of Bradley; etc etc. You will not be paying all three of these draft picks AND re-signing all of your veterans. That is the point of draft picks, after all.

Maybe 'long term' replacements.  But rookies and second years aren't usually something you want to rely on for replacing veterans on a playoff team.   I'm dubious any player we draft next year or the year after are going to be providing comparable value to Smart or Avery, let alone Isaiah, by the 2018-19 season.