After landing Malcolm Brogdon via a trade that didn’t cut into their core and inking Danilo Gallinari to the taxpayer mid-level exception, the Celtics allowed the $17.1-million traded player exception (TPE) they acquired last season to expire unused at 11:59 p.m. on Monday.
Per Boston Sports Journal’s John Karalis, “nothing good enough came along” to tempt Brad Stevens into a final major move to punctuate a big summer.
The TPE was created last offseason when the Celtics used a pair of second-round picks to coax the Knicks into a sign-and-trade for Evan Fournier rather than signing him outright.