Boston and the NBA buyout market: a much too-early look

How soon is too soon to covet your opponents potential buyout candidates?

While it will be wise for the Boston Celtics to keep one eye fixed on the developments taking place in the NBA trade market ahead of the Mar. 25 deadline, a team with the sort of title aspirations ought to keep the other eye focused on the potential players who could hit the league’s buyout market as well.

And with that in mind for a number of contending teams, The Athletic’s Zach Harper floated a fairly long list of potential candidates the Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and other teams in the mix for the 2021 title ought to be keeping tabs on.

Which among this list of possible soon-to-be-free-agents should the Celtics be looking out for? Let’s take a look at some of the better options for Boston from the players who Harper thinks might get cut loose before the playoffs.