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[Donoghus]

A look at where things stand at moment.

[celticinorlando]

A look at where things stand at moment.

I cannot see Hauser starting for Boston this upcoming season.

[Who]

A look at where things stand at moment.

I cannot see Hauser starting for Boston this upcoming season.

I do not want Hauser to start. He is not a SG. He is a SF.

Hauser has the shooting to play SG but not the ball-handling or the passing. Hauser is a decent defender at SF but he is not quick enough laterally to play smaller quicker guards.

[Donoghus]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

[Who]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

Why are we above the tax?
I thought we were able to spend the full MLE?

[Celtics2021]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

Yes, but most of that is just waiving Dalano Banton.  The rest can wait until the deadline depending if White is on pace to reach his contract incentives.  If he is, then look for whichever of Walsh, Scheierman, or Harper is out of the rotation to be moved.

That is assuming there is no trade for JB or Hauser that scrambles things up.

[Vermont Green]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

[Vermont Green]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

[Phantom255x]

Trading Hauser + picks for a cheap backup center or wing makes a lot of sense. Someone like Goga Bitadze for example

[DefenseWinsChamps]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

They have 15 players with Banton? So cutting him would put them at 14? Or is it a different number?

[Goldstar88]

A look at where things stand at moment.

I cannot see Hauser starting for Boston this upcoming season.

I do not want Hauser to start. He is not a SG. He is a SF.

Hauser has the shooting to play SG but not the ball-handling or the passing. Hauser is a decent defender at SF but he is not quick enough laterally to play smaller quicker guards.

If that is the roster, JB would start at SG. Hauser would be SF. That?s what they have been doing.

[Vermont Green]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

They have 15 players with Banton? So cutting him would put them at 14? Or is it a different number?

I have them at 15 if you include Cenac (first round pick).

Jayson Tatum 
Jaylen Brown
Derrick White
Sam Hauser
Payton Pritchard
Hugo Gonzalez
Baylor Scheierman
Luka Garza
Neemias Queta
Jordan Walsh
Ron Harper Jr.
Dalano Banton
Mitchell Robinson
Mike Conley
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[Celtics2021]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

They have 15 players with Banton? So cutting him would put them at 14? Or is it a different number?

If you look at a site like Spotrac, they have 14 with Banton but excluding Cenac, who has a slot value a little less than $200k more what Banton makes.  If you dump Banton and add Cenac, they are about $800k over the tax with 14 players.  Derrick White has about $2 million in incentives, most of which are playing time dependent in some way (I believe one incentive is straight games played, and the another is making all-defense, which requires him to play 65 games).  So if White, god forbid, should suffer a moderate injury that costs him a month or so, the Celtics are likely under the tax with no other moves needed.  If not (a good thing) they could move a player at the deadline who is out of the rotation and sign someone else at the minimum.  They may do this anyway.

Anyway, doing nothing else they are at 14 on the roster, and will likely swap Cenac for Banton, staying at 14. Getting under the tax will be easy at the deadline if it does not happen naturally.

[Chief]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

They have 15 players with Banton? So cutting him would put them at 14? Or is it a different number?

If you look at a site like Spotrac, they have 14 with Banton but excluding Cenac, who has a slot value a little less than $200k more what Banton makes.  If you dump Banton and add Cenac, they are about $800k over the tax with 14 players.  Derrick White has about $2 million in incentives, most of which are playing time dependent in some way (I believe one incentive is straight games played, and the another is making all-defense, which requires him to play 65 games).  So if White, god forbid, should suffer a moderate injury that costs him a month or so, the Celtics are likely under the tax with no other moves needed.  If not (a good thing) they could move a player at the deadline who is out of the rotation and sign someone else at the minimum.  They may do this anyway.

Anyway, doing nothing else they are at 14 on the roster, and will likely swap Cenac for Banton, staying at 14. Getting under the tax will be easy at the deadline if it does not happen naturally.

Or just trade Hauser.

[Roy H.]

So Celtics will now need to shed some salary to get back under the tax, right?

By my calculation, yes.  Assuming they sign their first round pick, they would be over as things stand now by about $2.3M or so depending on what they sign Cenac for.  But Banton is not guaranteed as I understand it.  They could easily cut him and reduce by $2.8M.  They have until January, I believe.

They have 15 players with Banton? So cutting him would put them at 14? Or is it a different number?

If you look at a site like Spotrac, they have 14 with Banton but excluding Cenac, who has a slot value a little less than $200k more what Banton makes.  If you dump Banton and add Cenac, they are about $800k over the tax with 14 players.  Derrick White has about $2 million in incentives, most of which are playing time dependent in some way (I believe one incentive is straight games played, and the another is making all-defense, which requires him to play 65 games).  So if White, god forbid, should suffer a moderate injury that costs him a month or so, the Celtics are likely under the tax with no other moves needed.  If not (a good thing) they could move a player at the deadline who is out of the rotation and sign someone else at the minimum.  They may do this anyway.

Anyway, doing nothing else they are at 14 on the roster, and will likely swap Cenac for Banton, staying at 14. Getting under the tax will be easy at the deadline if it does not happen naturally.

Or just trade Hauser.

Hauser isn't the type of player that you trade simply because we're $800k above the tax line.