Celtics must continue to maximize their flexibility and stabilize both short and in the long term.
This article is an authorized translation. The original version was written by Jeff Clark and published on Celtics Blogtranslated into Italian by Marco Barone for Around the Game.
Brad Stevens and Boston Celtics started the offseason with a bang, giving in Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis to get under the feared according to Apron. This was followed by a choice in the first round of the Draft, a trade on the second day of the Draft and another couple of choices in the second round (which, among other things, saved even more money).
Even with all this movement and activity, we are still a few days after the start of the offseason. It seems stupid to underline it, but there is still a lot of time for Stevens to continue doing business.
Note: I believe to the Celtics when they say they have never seriously taken into consideration the possibility of exchanging Brown or White. You must always listen in the case in which others offer an excessively stupid and ridiculous package, but also in this case it is necessary to put a stellar level talent around Tatum, otherwise you risk compromising something special.
The free agency will open soon and some of the negotiations agreed in the League have not yet been finalized. So there is still the possibility that the Celtics can expand these agreements or turn some of the arrival players elsewhere. In fact, at least two sources have indicated that Stevens is trying to do this.
However, with the approach of the Free Agency and the Celtics priority to bring home the Horford and Luke Kornet home, sources of the League refer to Masslive that the Celtics should remain active on the exchange market while reorganizing their roster. The team should explore its options with the new acquired talents, such as Amphernee Simons and Georges Niang, and with other elements of the roster, including Sam Hauser.
To continue to reduce Mount Salads, the Celtics evaluated the idea of exchanging the contract expiring of Simons, which has a value of $ 27.7 million, according to reports from sources of the League. With such a move, the Celtics would aim to create two organizational directives that Brad Stevens underlined after the first round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday: to recover greater flexibility of the roster and create a path to retain the free agent Luke Kornet and the Horford.
The Celtics spoke a lot to maximize flexibility. In part it is just a code name to cut costs. However, these cost reduction moves allow you to make other movements and could also open enough space to help refresh the centers and/or to keep Sam Hauser (which has a very good value contract for its production).
Both Simons and Niang offer the Celtics a certain flexibility, since they are expiring of the contract. They can be sold immediately or the team may wait for the contract to expire. These two players, together with Sam Hauser, all possess the precious feature of knowing how to pull with great effectiveness.
The roster and the Depth Chart may not make much sense at this moment, and that’s okay. There is still a lot of time to put together a shorter short -term roster, while maintaining flexibility to move later. The team may not be willing to tell him out loud, but almost it doesn’t matter how the roster will be on the inaugural evening (and there will be the mini-objective that the technical staff will have for the players).
As long as everything makes sense and is ready to compete at the highest levels when Jayson Tatum returns to the field.
