Can we predict what the Boston Celtics will do by 3 pm ET today when the 2022 NBA trade deadline passes? The annual moratorium on in-season trades for the 2021-22 campaign is almost upon us, and by now we have a pretty solid idea about what it is this team hopes to accomplish in terms of both roster building and salary cap management.
It is clear the Celtics believe in the direction their team is heading, and it is mostly a question of how much and how hard they will try to improve it to compete in the present while also trying to duck the NBA’s luxury tax this season in anticipation of dodging the league’s dreaded “repeater” tax, which hits franchises hard for spending over the luxury tax line for three out of four seasons.
The host of the CLNS Media “Winning Plays” podcast met up with guest Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports Boston to see if they could divine what direction the team will take as the clock ticks on and the final moment to make deals approaches.
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