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Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Boston Celtics will be faced with a brutal luxury tax bill. The current iteration of the roster is going to cost approximately $500 million once everything is factored in.
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Celtics' looming roster changes shouldn't distract from Banner 19 questCan we all just enjoy the ride? The Boston Celtics are fast approaching a roster reckoning that we all knew was coming. But for the next seven weeks, our entire focus should be on the quest for a second title,
The Boston Celtics haven't sent any internal signals about trimming their payroll in future seasons, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst.
The Boston Celtics could explore a roster shakeup following the NBA Playoffs according to reports. In an interview on The Pat McAfee Show, ESPN insider Shams Charania revealed that there is widespread belief league wide that the team will look to make trades and roster moves for financial purposes: “Sources have been telling me for
People around the league are expecting Boston to be active on the trade market this summer for financial reasons.
The 2024-25 postseason may be the last ride for the Boston Celtics, at least with this current roster configuration. As ESPN's Shams Charania noted during an appeared on Thursday's The Pat McAfee Show, the Celtics may be forced to make some changes from a financial perspective:
With the Celtics down 3-1, and Jayson Tatum's future uncertain, their viability as a group is now very much in question -- a stunning fall from just a year ago.