If you add up all the reporting around the Boston Celtics approaching the trade deadline, the team has different paths they can go down. One is a simple deal, or set of deals, to shed some salary and avoid the luxury tax for this season. Another has Boston adding some help for a playoff push.
A month ago, it would have seemed the first path was a necessity. After a 10-6 January, it now seems like the second path is realistic.
But to ask the age-old question… Why not do both?
What if we told you that Boston could both dodge the tax, while adding help for a playoff push?