Back to digging into the tax and aprons. I have been assuming all along that the Celtics would for sure stay under the tax for 2026-27. But I wonder if that is true. The repeater tax penalties are killer if you have a high tax bill, but that are not as bad if you have a low tax bill.
The issue is that this is the last year we'll presumably be able to dodge the tax without losing current players. Going forward there will be extensions, etc.
In the next 2 to 4 years, we presumably *will* be paying those high-end tax bills. Reducing them as much as possible is in the team's best interest.
Brad should be able to put together a quality team and still stay under the tax, particularly if he trades Hauser and/or our #1.
Won't the tax line continue to increase by 8% to 10% per year? So $201M in 2026-27, $219M in 2027-28, $239M in 2028-29, and so on. The aprons go up accordingly as well. I don't see why BOS wouldn't be able to live between the tax in the first apron going forward, even with contract extensions. And even if you do get out of the repeater, it would only last for 2 seasons and you would be right back in it by the 3rd season.
They may well be able to pull it off and stay under the tax and not have it make that much difference to the quality of the roster.
8% jumps don't accountt for guys due big raises, like Queta and Pritchard.
And, it gets us out of the repeater tax for several years, as teams only pay it after the 4th out of five seasons over the tax line.
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