What Jayson Tatum's injury for Celtics Offseason opportunities means

The offseason Celtics was full of more difficult questions before Boston lost his all-star in New York on Monday evening with an obvious serious leg injury. After the violation of Jayson Tatum, this low season comes with the team, which had now only expected a game from excretion, much faster than most expected.

Since Boston's title window is apparently closed to the present, the questions will now arise for the future. Tatum injury forecast is still uncertain at this point, but a long absence would be no surprise given the injury given his condition and the team's reaction.

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In this scenario, let's take a look at the options that the Celtics would be available, along with the difficult decisions that you would have to make this summer and beyond.

Exception of disabled players

In the NBA there is no easy way to the salary limit for teams with an injured player. If a player is seriously injured, his team can apply for the exception of disabilities to replace him. A doctor designed by the NBA would have to find that the player “essentially more like not” can be in the next season until June 15 so that he can be granted. The Celtics successfully applied for a DPE when Gordon Hayward 2018 waned with an ankle injury at the end of the season.

The Celtics would obviously not go under if they were sure that Tatum had to miss at least 12 months with serious injury. There is no exchange of a superstar like Tatum for the Celtics, and even a DPE would not do much for Boston. Tatum earns $ 54.1 million in the next season, but the maximum team can receive the exception at the middle level ($ 14.1 million) for a DPE for the next season. A team can use this through a single player via free agency (one -year deal Max) or as a trade exception. In view of the fact that Boston's salary obligation is already in a record-breaking tax area for the next season, it is highly unlikely that Boston would use this DPE without reducing a significant wage and salary statement elsewhere. Not really a valuable consolation price for a team that could subject a reset without their star.

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Offseason options

Apart from the DPE, there are essentially no real ways for Boston to improve the squad without being able to do much of your salary statement. Boston is currently being obliged to 11 players in 11 players in the amount of around 231 million US dollars in the next season. That is about 24 million US dollars compared to the second apron and almost 40 million US dollars compared to the luxury tax line.

Jayson Tatum: 54.1 million US dollars

Jaylen Brown: 53.1 million US dollars

JRUE Holiday: 32.4 million US dollars

Kristapaps Porzingis: 30.7 million US dollars

Derrick White: 28.1 million US dollars

Sam Hauser: $ 10 million

Payton Pritchhard: 7.2 million US dollars

Baylor Scheierman: 2.6 million US dollars

Xavier Tillman: $ 2.5 million

Neemias Queta: 2.3 million US dollars

Jordan Walsh: $ 2.2 million (not guaranteed)

First round Draft selection: 2.5 million US dollars

Boston would only have their own draft picks and could offer free agents as the second apron the minimum of the veteran. Boston could do trades, but it would not be able to aggregate the salaries to deduct them or take more money back than they send in a deal.

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Without a clear way to improve in relation to these restrictions and a record -breaking tax bill, the Celtics can take a step back than expected, could be a convincing way for the front office. To go under the second apron ($ 207 million) would be a child's play. A complete ($ 187 million) to a luxurious tax line would also make sense from a financial and team building perspective.

Boston has to keep out of the luxury tax for two years in a row to reset the rough repeater tax. However, cutting out the tax bill for one year creates far more flexibility for the team with commercial and free agency options. The tax savings could also be achieved in the next season.

How the team decides to shorten this type of salary statement will not be easy if it goes down. The Celtics have to complete several offers to cut this type of big money unless they find teams who are willing to take considerable offers in the cap room (without Boston, without sweetening the pot).

It will be the duty of Brad Stevens to explore the best way to build the salary with these types of moves for the future if the absence of Tatum for most or the next season takes. This means that the possibilities for a man like Jaylen Brown have the opportunity to play with the price that is right of Boston's end. Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis and Sam Hauser also become logical commercial candidates.

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A real reset had to come at some point this decade after Boston had created a huge salary billing two summers two summers before two summers. This choice remains a great success after the title 2024. However, the violation of Tatum can ultimately close the door of the window of this core to claim it as far earlier than expected.

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