Did the Boston Celtics make a major mistake by letting the $17.1 million traded player exception expire this month?
The TPE was generated by Evan Fournier’s sign-and-trade to the New York Knicks. The party line has been that there were no suitable targets to be absorbed into the cap space the exception carved out.
However, there would have been a serious luxury tax bill to pay as well. That would have been another factor involved in allowing it to expire, even if it is not mentioned in official conversations.
Did the Celtics screw up here? Or did the team do enough this offseason to not need this particular tool?
On a recent episode of the CLNS Media “Celtics Beat” podcast, this topic came up for debate.
Watch the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say about the TPE expiration in light of where things stand with the team now.
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