The conventional wisdom around the NBA after the Boston Celtics elected to trade for Indiana Pacers point guard Malcolm Brogdon was that the team was unlikely to use its $17.1 million traded player exception to take on more salary after the Brogdon deal pushed them well into the league’s luxury tax range. But, new reporting from The Athletic’s Jared Weiss suggests that might not be the case.
“The Celtics are still exploring opportunities to utilize the $17.1 million Evan Fournier trade exception (TPE) that expires on July 18,” writes Weiss, who notes that any such use would likely be part of a trade sending out a rotation player “or to acquire someone on a relatively small salary.”
