In current interview with the Boston Globe, Brad Stevens touched on the Boston Celtics doing what they might to carry again a lot of the 2024 title roster. Stevens mentioned the purpose was to see how far the Celtics may take issues, whereas additionally understanding in some unspecified time in the future the luxurious tax and tax aprons might be issues.
“What we need to do is attempt to get our guys locked in on honest and good extensions that they really feel actually good about and hopefully proceed this factor so long as we are able to proceed this factor,” Stevens mentioned. “We’ll cross each bridge once we get there, and the totally different basketball penalties that can be related to being above the second apron, these are actual, and we’ll simply should weigh these towards the place we’re as a basketball group, and we’ll additionally should weigh the monetary a part of that. And I’m certain a part of that can be a dialogue amongst whoever the brand new buyers are.”
Stevens additionally mentioned the Celtics are prone to hold their fifteenth, and last, customary roster spot open. Boston will use that flexibility to see the place they should enhance all through the season.
“We’re simply going to observe the well being of our group and see how everyone’s doing, and if there’s any points that come up between now and September that we have to actually deal with, then we would use it,” Stevens mentioned. “However proper now I’d say it’s unlikely. We’re nonetheless trying to signal a few Exhibit 10s that their almost definitely path can be to play in Maine. However we’ll see.”