Recently, we covered three fallacies about the Celtics’ situation as contenders and this summer with the Draft and free agency. The last of those was that Boston would have max cap space this summer. While it is certainly true that Boston could have max cap space, the article covers how tricky that is. With the recent news that the latest salary cap projection has the cap at $101 million, things get even tighter. The Celtics can still get there, but it won’t be easy.
First off, here is the cap picture for Boston this summer:
Fully Guaranteed (7 Players)
Avery Bradley - $8,808,989.