The Celtics, who have made the re-signing of Jae Crowder a priority once free agency starts on July 1, have completed the paperwork for a $1.1 million qualifying offer to the small forward. The deadline is Sunday.
Crowder, in turn, also desires a return, though based on his improvement with the Celtics over the second half of last season, it will be interesting to see how much his market begins to develop later this week.
“The feeling of me coming back to Boston is mutual, from what I can tell,” Crowder told the Herald two weeks ago.