With the Oklahoma City Thunder clinching a championship on Sunday night, the NBA offseason has officially arrived.
And Brad Stevens and the Celtics have plenty of work to do when it comes to cutting payroll and getting Boston under the restrictive second apron of the NBA’s luxury tax threshold this summer.
With Jayson Tatum’s supermax extension (five years, $313 million) set to kick in for the 2025-26 season and the current CBA structured to punish teams routinely operating above the luxury tax, Boston is set to receive a hefty bill next season.
As noted by MassLive’s Brian Robb, the Celtics’ current committed payroll for the upcoming 2025-26 season is already sitting around $225 million.