"The Boston Celtics significantly altered their roster this offseason - shedding a hefty amount of payroll by trading away two lineup regulars in Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. Boston also wasn't able to retain other key players in free agency, as Al Horford and Luke Kornet signed with the Warriors and Spurs, respectively, out on the open market. The writing was on the wall that"
""I think they realized that without [Jayson Tatum] they wasn't going to win the championship, so it's best to break the team up sooner than later. "I don't think it had anything to do with the second apron. They had the apron last year, right? So I just think they realized that they're going to take a step backwards. JT's out pretty much the whole year, so they're not winning a championship next year.""
The Boston Celtics significantly altered their roster this offseason, trading Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis to shed payroll. Al Horford and Luke Kornet left in free agency, signing with the Warriors and Spurs. The team faced heavy luxury-tax penalties from operating above the NBA's restrictive second apron, creating urgency to reduce commitments. Celtics president Brad Stevens acknowledged that getting under the second apron motivated the trades and pointed to real basketball penalties. Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley argued the teardown reflected expectations that the team could not win a championship with Jayson Tatum out.
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