Which salary cap exceptions to the Boston Celtics have to work with this offseason?

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For much of the previous year and change, Boston Celtics fans have become much more acquainted with the traded player exception than perhaps they would have liked after the decampment of star forward Gordon Hayward to the Charlotte Hornets in the offseason after the 2019-20 season generated the largest ever created in NBA history.

And while the team used some of it to bring in veteran shooting guard Evan Fournier at the 2021 trade deadline, a substantial chunk remains available to be used if taken advantage of before it expires. It’s also far from the only salary cap exception Boston might use this offseason and in their 2021-22 campaign to elevate the prospects of their coming season.

Let’s take a quick look at them all, along with some pertinent details.