The NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) are reportedly on the cusp of a new agreement that will see a December 22nd start date to the 2020-21 season and a $132 million salary cap among several other pressing issues.
What will the potential impact of such a cap situation on the league and with the Celtics as they try to assemble a contender ahead of the Christmas week start?
Will they be able to afford keeping Gordon Hayward? Could the team one day have to say goodbye to Marcus Smart? How long could revenue shortfalls last, and what are ways they might be addressed?
Join Cam Tabatabaie, Alex Goldberg and Justin Quinn as they sit down with HoopsHype and USA TODAY Sports Wire’s in-house cap expert Yossi Gozlan as we try and divine the answers to these and several pressing questions for Boston and the NBA in this pod.
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Celtics Thread:
The Celtics enter the offseason with 14 players on their roster and three first-round draft picks. Without including the draft picks, they’re already almost $10M over the tax for $15M bill. They'll be looking to consolidate assets to address their roster crunch. pic.twitter.com/VqdSVL3Who
— Yossi Gozlan (@YoggiMane) November 4, 2020