{"id":3945,"date":"2025-05-21T03:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/brad-stevens-in-the-upcoming-celtics-offseason-you-dont-want-to-make-a-rash-decision\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T03:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T03:49:49","slug":"brad-stevens-in-the-upcoming-celtics-offseason-you-dont-want-to-make-a-rash-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/brad-stevens-in-the-upcoming-celtics-offseason-you-dont-want-to-make-a-rash-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Stevens in the upcoming Celtics offseason: &#8220;You don&#8217;t want to make a rash decision.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/brad-stevens-in-the-upcoming-celtics-offseason-you-dont-want-to-make-a-rash-decision\/#Watch_Brad_Stevens_season_end_press_conference\" >Watch: Brad Stevens&#8217; season end press conference<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/brad-stevens-in-the-upcoming-celtics-offseason-you-dont-want-to-make-a-rash-decision\/#What_does_the_new_CBA_mean_for_the_Celtics_roster\" >What does the new CBA mean for the Celtics roster?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Boston Celtics general manager Brad Stevens spoke in the team&#8217;s upcoming offseason, saying, &#8220;You don&#8217;t want to hurry and make a decision,&#8221; following the disappointing playoff exit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Celtics&#8217; title defense ended in a disaster after falling to the New York Knicks in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Brown was also playing with partial meniscus tears, Christaps Porzingis continued to suffer from the prolonged effects of the mysterious virus&#8217; disease, and the stars simply didn&#8217;t suit Boston.<\/p>\n<p>We definitely saw the current Celtic score together on the floor with many roster changes expected to arrive this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>In an exit interview with Stevens, he discussed how the front office approaches summer as Boston prepares to enter a new era.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I like to give everyone a few days to take a deep breath, because you don&#8217;t want to make rashes or emotional decisions, and we can sift, sort and think about a lot of things.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And we do that. So there will be a lot of people in the room, and we&#8217;ll spend the next few weeks doing that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_Brad_Stevens_season_end_press_conference\"><\/span>Watch: Brad Stevens&#8217; season end press conference<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ebc5jqkynuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ebc5jqkynuw<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_the_new_CBA_mean_for_the_Celtics_roster\"><\/span>What does the new CBA mean for the Celtics roster?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The league is implementing rules changes to the new collective bargaining agreement to make life difficult for high spending teams. The Celtics are projected to be around $20 million at this stage than the second apron line.<\/p>\n<p>The new collective bargaining agreement means that teams remaining on the second apron for years at a time will freeze future first round picks (it is impossible to trade) and move behind the first round.<\/p>\n<p>The second apron is a fierce penalty zone for a problematic team, and is a response to the recent high-paid &#8220;super team.&#8221; Teams have no access to taxpayer Midlevel Exceptions and cannot use transaction exceptions created when combining payrolls from multiple players.<\/p>\n<p>Celtics&#8217; balloon pay and massive tax penalties are not a sustainable business model, so something ended up changing.<\/p>\n<p>If Boston maintains all 12 players on contracts for next season, the total pay and luxury tax bill would be $500 million. This is the biggest in the league history.<\/p>\n<p>With adjustments going on, it means reducing your Chris Tap Sporzingis or Julou Holiday pay as the Celtics aim to come under the second apron again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics general manager Brad Stevens spoke in the team&#8217;s upcoming offseason, saying, &#8220;You don&#8217;t want to hurry and make a decision,&#8221; following the disappointing playoff exit. The Celtics&#8217; title defense ended in a disaster after falling to the New York Knicks in the second round. 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