Entering the offseason, the champs had few options to remake their roster, but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? In their first official move since the NBA Draft, the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach is reporting that the Celtics are picking up a $2.1 million team option on the final year of Sam Hauser with plans to pursue a new deal when sides can officially negotiate on July 9th.
As former CelticsBlogger and Spotrac’s Keith Smith points out, this was the most likely and “preferred path”:
Having Hauser for just $2.