The Boston Celtics find themselves at a bit of a crossroads with 2016 first round pick Guerschon Yabusele. Yabusele was drafted 16th overall and was immediately labeled one of the steals of that draft. He then spent a year overseas in China, before signing his rookie scale contract with Boston in the summer of 2017. This puts Yabusele on the Celtics books through 2021-22, with the final two seasons (2020-21 and 2021-22) being team options.
The Celtics roster has grown quite expensive, largely due to max contracts for Al Horford in 2016 and Gordon Hayward in 2017, along with acquiring Kyrie Irving in 2017.