
Fans of the Boston Celtics who have caught wind of word that Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal plans to work with his team to be moved to a new ball club should temper their enthusiasm if they hope for the Florida alum to be dealt to the Celtics given his substantial contract and its potential effects.
Under the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), teams carrying especially costly rosters are punished in a number of ways that would make having a ball club with three supermax players on it almost impossible to assemble enough depth behind to contend for a title.