Team Note: The Celtics tend to keep Hauser and may send Purichard away in order to reduce the luxury tax line

August 4th News Recently, Celtics reporter Brian Robb wrote an article about the possible operations of the team.

A fan asked: "How much salary can the Celtics earn in the trade? What are the trade candidates? Xavier Tillman? George Nian? Payton Prichard? Sam Hauser?"

In response, Brian Robb said: "After cutting JD Davidson, the Celtics are now paid less than the second rich line, so the team has more options in the trade.

"They still can't receive more salary in the trade than they gave, but they can now trade multiple players in the same trade, which will allow them to propose some different trading structures than they did in the past few years.

"As for the preseason and season trade candidates, I think you've pointed out the most obvious ones. If Tillman is traded, then it will be to lower the salary level so that the Celtics may be able to attach some cash to another team to take over him (if the Celtics have other plans for his roster spot).

"Otherwise, if Nyan plays efficiently at the beginning of the season, he should be able to be traded given his reasonable salary and an expiring contract.

"The Celtics won't trade Hauser unless they get good value from it, but it seems that the team seems to be more inclined to keep him, given his value and the salary level of contracts for the next four years.

"Prichard's market is the biggest unknown. Whether the Celtics can find an attractive deal for him remains an open question as they tend to be reluctant to take over long-term contracts unless that fits their future plans. If the ultimate goal is to lower the luxury tax line, Prichard is likely to be a part of the sent away. ”