Give up halfway! How should the Celtics choose off-season?

For the Celtics, the operational goals of this offseason are very direct. Tatum conservatively estimates that under the premise of reimbursement next season, he will basically not aim to win the championship next year. The focus of the subsequent is to reorganize salary, reduce team salary to below the second level of hard online, handle the team's premium salary, use trading operations to reduce salary, and use second-round draft pick signing, non-guaranteed contracts or buyout players to welcome the transition season of 2025-26. This is the main line of the Celtics next season.

Before the discussion, let's first understand the salary structure of the Celtics next year:

Tatum 54.13 million, Jaylen Brown 53.14 million, Holiday 32.4 million, Erzingis 30.73 million, Derek White 28.1 million, Sam Hauser 10.04 million, Prichard 7.23 million, Baylor Sailman 2.62 million, Tillman 2.55 million, Nemias Keta 2.35 million, JD Davis 2.27 million, Jordan Walsh 2.22 million, 2}

Stable players:

Tatum (There shouldn't be any team selling the core and recuperating well)

Prichard (the contract renewal of the previous year still looks great now, and the transaction is too much loss)

Sailman (last year, proved his value and worth training)

Tilman (the bench selection, but there should be few opportunities)

Ketta (the state is average, the upper limit is low, but the basic salary requirement is not high)

JD-Davis (last year G League MVP, what transaction value)

Wo Ersh (a critical year, seize opportunities)

High chance to stay in the team:

Jaylen Brown (Salary trading is difficult, unless there is a big deal)

White (low trading probability)

Target trading player:

Holiday (with three-year contracts, injuries and age have caused performance decline)

Porzingis (injury observation period, expiry contracts are easier to get rid of)

House (this year is affected by injuries, with excellent projection and defense, excellent salary package )

Free players:

Horford (about retirement, but currently revealed that he still wants to continue to compete and return to his basic salary to serve as a spiritual leader)

Connett (playing out this season, hoping to have a large contract, and it is best to renew the contract and stay in the team)

Craig (joined in the middle of the season, but failed to get the opportunity, hoping to play a room for play)

Offs season operation direction

Since winning the championship season, the team has invested a large price to renew all the main players and challenge the road to defending the title with a complete lineup. But time has advanced to the present, and the original operation was also to lay the bomb for the current salary explosion. According to the above-mentioned goals, reduce the team's salary to below the second level of hard online. Due to the number of years of exceeding the luxury tax line and the current team's situation, the team will have to find a way to save money.

The primary trading goal is definitely to resolve the contract between Holiday and Possian. From the team's perspective, we still have to thank them for their contribution to the team in the past two years, but the new version of the labor-management agreement does not allow the team to maintain the existing lineup.

Holiday has received a lot of attention in the trading market. With experienced backcourt defensive sharp swords, some playoff teams may be willing to take over. But I am still quite pessimistic, and all teams in the league can see Holiday's downward trend. Team salary accounts for about 20%, and it is more reasonable to find other teams to take over the salary through tripartite transactions.

Next is Porzingis. There may be many teams willing to take over the contract expired in one year, and there are also many teams in the market that have demand for centers. Health issues are risks that other teams must understand before taking over. As long as they can maintain health, the frame protection and projection can still help many teams, and may be relatively easier to trade.

Finally, Hauser, which is a very high-quality salary package. If multiple transactions are involved, the playoff teams should have a considerable demand for such scorers. As for Brown and White, who believe that the low probability of being traded, unless there is a big deal in the league, there is basically no intention to trade them based on the current team's attitude.

Let's make a brief summary. I personally think that Holiday and Posses will probably deal with one of them, and pair it with Hauser as a salary package. However, if Holiday and Possesses are successful in trading, perhaps the probability of Hausses staying may be increased. As for the two draft picks this year, unless there are really some favorite players who fall to the last place in the first round, they will probably be matched with a trading package or become a bunch of second rounds again to avoid adding pressure to the first round pick's guarantee contract.

Although the Celtics' trades have not been obvious in the past few years, there are still several traders worth paying attention to. The Eastern Nets, Bulls, Western Clippers, Kings, Pelicans and other teams have the opportunity to appear. As for the free agent part, I personally believe that Horford is not yet fully retired and hopes to continue to stay at the team with the veteran's basic salary.

Next, when the finals end to the draft date on June 26 and 27, there are likely to be trades, and there are still many abnormal movements from coaches and management executives in the near future. Recently, Celtics assistant general manager Austin Angie chose to join the Jazz. Although leaving the team before draft night has an impact, as long as the subsequent operation direction is clear enough, Stevens should still find some trading opportunities, and then wait patiently for the Celtics to choose.