The Celtics destruction of the team has not ended! New aids may be sold, saving money is the king

Anthony Simmons' offense was smooth with the ball, and he had already proved that he was the key man. He will definitely be fully fired in the new season - but he may not be wearing a green shirt.

In order to continue to advance the salary slimming plan, the Celtics are considering trading Simmons' upcoming $27.7 million contract, according to alliance sources. The move aims to achieve the dual goal emphasized by basketball operations president Brad Stevens in the first round night of the draft: regaining roster flexibility while paving the way for renewals of free agents Luke Cornett and Al Horford.

Even if Ju Holiday and Kristapus Porzingis were sent away through two transactions this week, the Celtics still have a lot of operations to be completed if they want to completely avoid taxes. Management has a clear goal at the moment: make every effort to avoid luxury taxes to restart the super luxury tax timer. Although the team currently only exceeds the tax line by about $15 million, it still needs to further reduce salaries to reserve space for signing the two Koho. On draft night, Stevens called the two veterans' inside line "the team's important puzzle" and made it clear that he hoped to renew his contract.

Although the outside world speculates that Sam Hauser may leave the team (his four-year, 45 million contract is easily taken over and meets the special case of the non-tax team's middle class), the Celtics prefer to retain this proven rotational sharpshooter. Simmons and Georges Nian, which the team traded this week, both have the possibility of being traded again before they appear. The declaration of Stevens' contract renewal of the two Koho after the draft indicates that the Celtics' offseason is far from over. Trapped by the shackles of the second rich man, the team must give up more salaries to sign in the inside line and successfully avoid taxes. Stevens revealed that Jason Tatum's Achilles tendon recovery period is "distant", which instead strengthened the team's determination to clear the tax bill while it was recuperating. If the super luxury tax timer can be reset for two consecutive seasons of tax avoidance, it will reserve operation space for future gambles.

"Old and new bosses are willing to invest in the championship," Stevens admitted on Wednesday, but then changed the subject: "But these operations require a lot of factors - in the final analysis, flexibility is the primary consideration. "

When the 2024 championship lineup was formed, the Celtics foreseeed today's salary pain. Mike Zaren, vice president of basketball operations, said bluntly: "The original intention of the new version of the labor-capital agreement is to prevent the team from spending money for a long time. "He said after the second round of draft pick: "There are always regrets that players leave, but the rules are fair to everyone. We still have top players and assets, and there is no need to worry about competitiveness in the next few years - more people than we are anxious about. "

Zaren breaks the essence of strategy: "The gamble in the offseason last year won us the championship flag forever. At that time, we had foreseeed that the rules were about to tighten, so we decisively bet on the leap in existing assets and salary space - this is a carefully designed victory. "

(text/Kong Yang)