Celtics are realizing the grave mistake they made this summer

Anfernee Simons, Boston Celtics | Vaughn Ridley/GettyImagesThe Boston Celtics entered the offseason with the goal of severely slashing payroll to get under the tax aprons and reset the clock, setting them up to return to contention when Jayson Tatum was healthy. They are now realizing they should have gone all the way, as players like Anfernee Simons and Sam Hauser lose value by the day.

The combination of trades that the Celtics made this summer were highly successful from a financial standpoint. They moved off of the aging Jrue Holiday and his lucrative contract for free, bringing back Anfernee Simons and sending out zero draft picks.

Boston also sent Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks…