Celtics Likely Keeping Former Lottery Pick on Roster

The Boston Celtics have pretty much set their roster at this point, with 14 players signed to contracts that leave the team with a scant $1.7 million left under the luxury tax threshold. The Celtics are bent on staying below that number--just about $200 million--because it will give the team added flexibility to bring in players next summer and remove the franchise from the dreaded "repeater tax" list, a list the team joined in and around the 2024 NBA championship, which required something of a spending spree to both win and (attempt to) defend.