Draymond Green on the Celtics and the era of the NBA’s second apron: The Celtics offseason has so far mostly been a story of salary-shedding trades, with both Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis — starting members of the 2024 championship — being dealt in order to escape the penalties of the NBA’s “second apron” luxury tax.
With the trades, the Celtics avoided having to pay millions in the luxury tax. But with the full ramifications of the league’s new “second apron” era becoming clear, Warriors forward Draymond Green couldn’t resist expressing his frustration during a recent clip on his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show With Baron Davis.