With the Brogdon trade, the Celtics have added another $10 million in salary for next season, putting them further into the NBA luxury tax with a substantial increase in their budget from last year. That move makes them a lot more unlikely to make a high-priced acquisition with the Fournier TPE per league sources. That part of the budget was used to land Brogdon, a more appealing fit than a lot of higher-salaried players available that could have fit into the TPE. Brogdon’s salary ($22 million) was simply to big for it so Brad Stevens had to make the trade straight up by combining the salaries of lesser players.