The Boston Celtics seem to believe in their recent play and plan on investing in the team to compete in the present according to recent reporting from Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix.
For some time — and in earlier deals — the Celtics seemed to signal a strong interest in ducking the NBA’s luxury tax this season. With a roughly $10 million payout from the league as a non-tax team coming to them with the additional benefit of kicking the arrival of the dreaded repeater tax down the road another season, some minor moves for mainly financial purposes seemed the priority.
But since the new year, Boston has looked like an increasingly dangerous team, with the crescendo of that growth having the Celtics own the East’s top net rating at present after several blowout wins.
The rumor mill is starting to heat up. https://t.co/p8Dd0u3yXY
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) February 9, 2022
