Did the Boston Celtics make a major mistake by letting the $17.1 million traded player exception expire this month?
The TPE was generated by Evan Fournier’s sign-and-trade to the New York Knicks. The party line has been that there were no suitable targets to be absorbed into the cap space the exception carved out.
However, there would have been a serious luxury tax bill to pay as well. That would have been another factor involved in allowing it to expire, even if it is not mentioned in official conversations.
