Will the new Boston Celtics owner keep the team's title core together in the face of their historic payroll next season? The Celtics as a franchise will be on the hook for close to a half billion (yes, you read that right, billion with a 'b') dollars when player salaries and the punitive tax levied on Boston's title-contending roster comes into effect, thanks to the league's current collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
A lot of fans of the team have been wishcasting their hopes that the answer is yes, but the truth of the matter is that even if the new majority owner Bill Chisholm is willing to cough up a historic amount of money for the team to keep contending, that there will still likely be some painful moves to be made.