With the Boston Celtics currently in the neighborhood of being around at least $15 million over the NBA’s tax line after trading big man Daniel Theis, wing Aaron Nesmith, and a handful of other players for Indiana Pacers point guard Malcolm Brogdon, it is still possible for the team to add a player making up to $17.1 million with the traded player exception (TPE) generated last season by Evan Fournier’s exit to the New York Knicks.
However, the Boston Herald’s Mark Murphy is reporting that at least for the present, the Celtics have no plans of making use of the TPE, likely given that the team would not want to pay one of the largest tax bills in the league in the very first season that the club expects to contend in recent history. That doesn’t mean Boston is done making moves around the margins with five roster slots currently unoccupied.
