Celtics free agent pick ups:

[liam]

There are a lot of free agents this year and not enough spots or money to absorb them all. Is there one or two that would be great fits here?

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/

[hardlyyardley]

DERRICK ROSE

[Roy H.]

I'd love to bring back Josh Richardson.

[lbgreen33]

Kelly Oubre Jr.,  I always liked his game.

[Celtics2021]

I wonder what landing spot Dillon Brooks winds up with.

[lbgreen33]

Justise Winslow, In Memory of Danny Ainge!! What could have been!! Could have had him and No JT and No JB!
Time to make up for that error!!

[CelticsWhat35]

What are the salary cap rules for re-signing players who were originally signed to 2-yr deals or less?  For instance, Bruce Brown.  Nuggets are way over the cap and he declined his player option; what can the Nuggets sign him for?

[Celtics2021]

I’m also a big Terence Davis fan.  Injuries derailed him a bit, but I think he’d fit really well.

[liam]

I wonder what landing spot Dillon Brooks winds up with.

I would sign Brooks as a goon off the bench.

[Celtics2021]

What are the salary cap rules for re-signing players who were originally signed to 2-yr deals or less?  For instance, Bruce Brown.  Nuggets are way over the cap and he declined his player option; what can the Nuggets sign him for?

It used to be they could give him a 20% raise.  I don’t know if that number has changed in the new CBA.  It might have gone up to being a 40% raise.  In either case, the Nuggets can offer more than we can, as can most every other team.

[Vermont Green]

A lot may depend on what we do with Grant.  If we keep Grant, then I think we are fine with the big (PF/C) rotation of Porzingis, Horford, RWill, Grant, Kornet, and maybe a 2-way player to add.  If we sign Grant, the focus should be a Richardson or Oubre type of player, a G/F wing type.  But if we don't sign Grant, we may need to address back up PF first. 

Free agency is going to be interesting.  Oubre for example is coming off of a $12.6M contract, essentially a non-taxpayer MLE.  Is he going to be happy with some or all of the taxpayer MLE ($5M or less)?  Is he going to have any other options?  I don't see where the money is going to come from for players like this (Grant included).

As to the Celtics, we probably are not even going to be able to offer the full non-taxpayer MLE.  There will be fill out the roster holds added to our current salary of about $173M (the second apron I believe is $179.5M).  We got out of having a first round pick (and guaranteed contract) but we still have so little room to maneuver, basically all we can do is sign/match Grant and offer min contracts, and of course sign draft picks.

I am not sure how it works for Begarin.  Can we sign him even if we are over the second apron?  And how about Davison, can we sign him if we are over?  I guess we can to min contracts?

[W8ting2McHale]

Any backup center options that we can afford?

Reid, Tillman, Hayes, Zeller that are 30 or under?

If not I guess we can run Blake Griffin back if he’s interested. Any chance he retires?

Hard to believe Frank the Tank is already 30, and that he still has an NBA career.

[Celtics2021]

A lot may depend on what we do with Grant.  If we keep Grant, then I think we are fine with the big (PF/C) rotation of Porzingis, Horford, RWill, Grant, Kornet, and maybe a 2-way player to add.  If we sign Grant, the focus should be a Richardson or Oubre type of player, a G/F wing type.  But if we don't sign Grant, we may need to address back up PF first. 

Free agency is going to be interesting.  Oubre for example is coming off of a $12.6M contract, essentially a non-taxpayer MLE.  Is he going to be happy with some or all of the taxpayer MLE ($5M or less)?  Is he going to have any other options?  I don't see where the money is going to come from for players like this (Grant included).

As to the Celtics, we probably are not even going to be able to offer the full non-taxpayer MLE.  There will be fill out the roster holds added to our current salary of about $173M (the second apron I believe is $179.5M).  We got out of having a first round pick (and guaranteed contract) but we still have so little room to maneuver, basically all we can do is sign/match Grant and offer min contracts, and of course sign draft picks.

I am not sure how it works for Begarin.  Can we sign him even if we are over the second apron?  And how about Davison, can we sign him if we are over?  I guess we can to min contracts?

Yes, we can sign any player we have rights to, within certain parameters.  We can actually give Davison a small raise over the minimum, because we have his non-Bird rights.  With Begarin, Walsh, and Madar, there is rumor of an exception for second-round picks in the new CBA, but I’ve yet to find details of how much that exception is for.

[cman88]

So who is available with the $5million we have around that range? Just trying to gauge. I've heard names like Seth curry (wouldn't mind him as a sniper off the bench)

I also wonder do we bring Blake Griffin back on a minimum deal if Grant leaves. He's not as good but he is another body to throw at the likes of Giannis and is one of those hustle guys.

I did like him here.

[liam]

I'd like a couple of these guys for vet bench and a couple of young guys:

A Rivers

Taj Gibson

Wenyen Gabriel

Ty Jerome

Sandro Mamukelashvili

Saric

Bruce Brown (of course)

Naji Marshall

Lamar Stevens

Donte DiVincenzo

Kessler Edwards

Juan Toscano-Anderson

Drew Eubanks

Robin Lopez

T.J. Warren

Yuta Watanabe