Any Celtics fan likely knows by now that the team appears set to enter an offseason where they’ll shed salary in to get under the second luxury tax apron and avoid the increasing financial and roster-building penalties.
With Boston apparently in cost-saving mode, Kristaps Porzingis’s name has been among the most frequent in trade rumors since before the season ended. The Celtics’ big man is entering the second season of a two-year, $60 million extension he signed when he joined the team in 2023, holding a $30.7 million salary for the 2025-26 season.
Trading Porzingis alone likely would get the Celtics below the second luxury tax apron.