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Will Jaylen Brown be a casualty of the Boston Celtics’ future cap crunch?

At least some prominent NBA analysts have begun exploring the idea, and rival executives with them.

The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was created to make life hard on teams like the Boston Celtics. And NBA analysts are already looking at the team as a potential test case of how ball clubs around the league will handle the steep fiscal penalties it imposes on costly contenders.

Among those analysts is The Ringer’s Howard Beck, who recently did some leg work with anonymous opposing executives to hear what the conventional wisdom on Boston’s medium-term future might be. Whatever decisions the Celtics make, it won’t be painless — and could involve dealing away star forward Jaylen Brown in the next few seasons.

“The Boston Celtics are heavily favored to win the East, with a star-studded lineup and a massive payroll—all of which could spell trouble if they stumble again in the spring,” writes Beck.

Boston alum MarShon Brooks re-signs with CBA’s Guangdong Southern Tigers

Former Boston Celtics two way point guard Tremont Waters was not the only Celtics alum signing a contract with the Guangdong Southern Tigers in China’s Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) this week.

Former Boston Celtics two-way point guard Tremont Waters was not the only former Celtic to sign with the Guangdong Southern Tigers in China’s Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) this week. HoopsHype’s Alberto De Roa reports MarShon Brooks will join Waters in China after re-signing with the Southern Tigers for the 2023-24 season.

A player better remembered by Boston fans for his role in helping facilitate the trade with the Brooklyn Nets that sent the picks used to select All-NBA forwards Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown than for the 10 games in which he appeared for Boston. In that brief stretch, Brooks logged 3.1 points and 1.9 rebounds per game with the Celtics.

The onetime Providence standout was dealt to the Golden State Warriors with Jordan Crawford in a three-team trade that brought back veteran big man Joel Anthony and draft assets.

Brooks has since played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, and the EuroLeague’s Olimpia Milano as well as in the G League and in the CBA.

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Boston alum Tremont Waters signs with CBA’s Guangdong Southern Tigers

Waters last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season.

Former Boston Celtics two-way point guard Tremont Waters, who was drafted by the team in 2019, recently signed a contract with the Chinese Basketball Association’s (CBA) Guangdong Southern Tigers in China.

The signing was reported by HoopsHype’s Alberto De Roa.

The move comes after recent stints playing abroad for Puerto Rico’s Gigantes De Carolina and France’s Metropolitans 92. The latter stop had Waters playing alongside phenom Victor Wembanyama.

Waters last played in the NBA during the 2021-22 season, when he made appearances for both the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards. He averaged 3.3 points, 1.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game.

The Connecticut native also had brief stints with the Wisconsin Herd (Milwaukee’s developmental affiliate) and the South Bay Lakers (Los Angeles’ G League affiliate) before he elected to head overseas in 2022.

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Celtics projected to be over second apron, pondering core value in 2024 offseason

The Celtics’ cap situation is something to monitor as Boston’s All-NBA forwards start earning among the league’s biggest paychecks.

What will the Boston Celtics‘ free agency situation look like at the start of the 2024 NBA offseason? Fairly dull unless you happen to be the person signing the paychecks, according to a new analysis by The Athletic’s Danny Leroux.

There may not be any especially sexy names at risk of walking for free. However, the Celtics’ cap situation is something to monitor as Boston’s All-NBA forwards start earning among the league’s biggest paychecks.

“The Celtics are unsurprisingly miles over the tax and into the second apron after Jaylen Brown’s huge extension unless they shed salary between now and then,” Leroux suggested.

Still, “the more interesting question centers around ownership’s willingness to stomach the cost of their core when Jayson Tatum gets his massive new contract, which will kick in for the 2025-26 campaign.”

How the storied franchise fares this season — and more specifically, in the postseason — may go a long way toward deciding whether further investment or a paring down of the cap sheet is the focus of the front office.

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NBA expansion might not be too far off — what would it look like?

A pair of teams — or maybe more — could be added to the NBA in the next half-decade or so.

The Boston Celtics will likely have two new teams to play against in the medium-term future with NBA expansion rumbles starting to heat up. During the pandemic, it looked as if there might be new teams joining the league even sooner, but NBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear a new collective bargaining agreement and media rights deal would need to be secured ahead of adding teams to the Association.

But now the league has a new CBA in hand, and it will soon tackle the media rights deal. That means a pair of teams — or maybe more — could be added to the NBA in the next half-decade or so.

Seattle seems a shoo-in, and Las Vegas, Nevada, seems very likely. Soon after this summer’s 2023 Las Vegas Summer League, NBA.com’s Mark Medina sat down with the hosts of the “Herd with Colin Cowherd” show to talk about what expansion would look like.

Check out the clip embedded above to hear what he had to say about adding Seattle and Sin City to the NBA.

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Former Boston big man Noah Vonleh reportedly signs with CBA’s Shanghai Sharks

Vonleh has become the next Celtics alum to find themselves a new home playing overseas.

Former Boston Celtics big man Noah Vonleh has become the latest former Celtic to find himself a new home playing overseas. Per Alberto De Roa of HoopsHype, Vonleh signed a new deal with the Chinese Basketball Association’s Shanghai Sharks, with whom the onetime Indiana Hoosier also played for during the 2021-22 season.

For the 2022-23 season, Vonleh played with Boston as a depth big man. He played in 23 games for the Celtics. He put up 1.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 45.8% from the field overall and 25% from beyond the 3-point line.

Vonleh was dealt from the Celtics to the San Antonio Spurs with cash to cover his remaining salary for a protected second-round pick and a traded exception. The Spurs subsequently waived the Salem native.

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Is the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement the end of superteams in the league?

In response to teams like the Boston Celtics spending heavily on their rosters to contend for NBA titles, the league agreed to a new, highly punitive collective bargaining agreement.

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In response to teams such as the Boston Celtics spending heavily on their rosters to contend for NBA titles, the league agreed to a new, highly punitive collective bargaining agreement to replace the CBA the Association operated under for the last seven seasons.

As a result, it will be exceptionally difficult for teams to keep their rosters together without incurring exceptionally steep financial and team-building penalties. Could this spell the end of so-called super teams in the league? There is also the issue of the middle class of NBA players being squeezed out in the new CBA, and several other issues of note.

To talk them over, the hosts of the Athletic “NBA Show” podcast convened on a recent episode.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say about the impact of the new CBA on NBA superteams and more.

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Celtics alum Tacko Fall sits down with Shams Charania to talk CBA, Wembanyama and more

The former Boston big man opened up about his time playing in China, life as a 7-footer, and lots more.

Former Boston Celtics two way big man Tacko Fall recently sat down with Stadium’s Shams Charania to discuss what his experience playing basketball in China’s CBA is like and how it transformed him as a player and person.

The Senegalese center reflected on the challenges of adapting to a new country during the pandemic, the immense popularity of basketball in China, and his role as a leader on the court. Fall also detailed his efforts to improve his shooting, particularly from the free-throw line, and shares his thoughts on fellow seven-foot player Victor Wembanyama.

The UCF alum talks about his own physical stature and how it relates to his interactions with others and touches on his new role as a father and his hopes for his daughter’s future.

To hear more about what the Boston alum has been up to and what his future holds, check out the clip embedded above.

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Shams: Former Celtic Tacko Fall headed back to CBA with Nanjing Monkey Kings

Fall is headed back to the CBA after trying to get back to the NBA this offseason.

Per the Athletic’s Shams Charania, former Boston Celtics big man Tacko Fall is poised to return to the Chinese Basketball Association after an offseason trying unsuccessfully to get back into the NBA.

Fall, who played in China during the 2022-23 season, has signed a deal with the Nanjing Monkey Kings. He previously played in the CBA for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers on a one-year contract.

After a solid college career at the University of Central Florida, Fall went unselected in the 2019 NBA draft but signed with the Celtics as a two-way player after a strong showing that offseason in the club’s training camp.

The Senegalese center spent a pair of seasons with Boston as before joining the Cleveland Cavaliers in a similar role for the 2021-22 season.

From there, he joined the CBA with Xinjiang, where he has carved out a niche for himself in the league he has yet to at the NBA level.

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The Boston Celtics now have a finite window to contend

What can they do to maximize it?

The Boston Celtics have a limited window of about two years to make a championship push under the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement that is significantly more punitive to teams that carry expensive rosters.

The Celtics must be more aggressive and willing to make moves before next summer in the eyes of some fans and analysts in light of what the new CBA will likely do to costly contenders, especially given they will have a roster carrying two supermax deals.

Keeping an eye on potential trades during the season could be beneficial for Boston, but the Celtics must maximize their assets for long-term success under this new CBA.

On a recent episode of the CLNS Media “Winning Plays” podcast, host Brian Robb was joined by NBC Boston Sports reporter Chris Forsberg to talk about that window.

Check out the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say about it.

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