Could Boston add Christian Wood or Kelly Oubre on minimums? Two prominent NBA analysts float the idea

It is not uncommon for players to elect to sign on a discounted deal for the possibility of a role well beyond what their salaries would otherwise suggest.

As the available cap space around the NBA begins to dry up several days after the start of the league’s 2023 free agency period, players finding themselves on the wrong end of the Association’s annual fiscal version of the game of musical chairs will have to find the best possible fit for their skillset on a contract often much smaller than they were initially hoping.

In such scenarios, it is not uncommon for players to elect to sign on a discounted deal for the possibility of a role well beyond what their salaries would otherwise suggest, which ought to catch the eye of Boston Celtics fans.

And with a number of quality free agents looking at minimum deals or perhaps part of a midlevel exception, NBA analysts have been trying to project where some of the bigger remaining names might go.