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Doncic, Fox Trades are reminiscent of Celtics’ bet on Tatum and Brown

Doncic, Fox Trades are reminiscent of Celtics’ bet on Tatum and Brown


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Sacramento and Dallas exchanged their stars. The Celtics pay considerable costs to keep theirs.

Doncic, Fox Trades are reminiscent of Celtics’ bet on Tatum and Brown

Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe employee

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When the kings and Mavericks shipped their stars from the city this week, you can’t help it otherwise Jayson Tatum And Jaylen Brown.

De’aaron Fox and Luka Doncic are on their way to new organizations. Fox will join Victor Wembanyana in San Antonio, Doncic with LeBron James in Los Angeles.

Tatum and Brown, who won their first joint championship last season, signed Supermax contract extensions with the Celtics worth more than 300 million US dollars each.

Players with seven or eight years of NBA experience, an all-NBA selection two of the three earlier seasons, and the teams have never changed, have the Supermax. Fox and Doncic would have fulfilled the criteria this summer if they had stayed with their respective franchise companies.

The circumstances that led to their shops were different. Dallas, who had lost against the NBA final last season, had reportedly become impatient with Doncic. His conditioning was an important concern that raises questions about long -term commitment. According to ESPN. His defense was also a noticeable topic in the series against the Celtics, which chased him in pick-and-roll situations.

Fox is not only in enormous form, he is also one of the best transitional players in the league. The Kings, which had won at least 46 games in each of the last two seasons in each of the last seasons, showed signs of regression this year. They stepped on water with 24-24 water and lost four of their last five games. They tried to get things up, first by firing coach Mike Brown and then ultimately deciding to move fox.

The Celtics, on the other hand, invested in their two stars. You also sign Derrick White and Jrue Holiday for nine -digit contract extensions. Boston’s entire start five is in contact for the next season.

Since this roster continues to get older, the salaries continue to rise and the current group of owners is preparing for the sale of the team that the Celtics could make some difficult decisions in the near future.

According to SpotracThe estimated tax bill for Celtics for this season is around 65 million US dollars. If it were a person, the luxury tax bill would be the best paid player in the team.

Tatum and Brown will probably earn 54 and 53 million US dollars next season. The NBA salary limit forecast nearby nearby 156 million US dollars according to sport. It will take a lot of money to keep them together in the long term, let alone for the rest of the team.

The Celtics treat it as the cost of the business, but at some point a little probably has to give financially.

As the shops show this week, not every fan base can enjoy the approach that the Celtics follow with their stars.

Enjoy it while it takes, these windows don’t stay open forever.

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Khari A. Thompson

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Khari Thompson covers the professional sport for boston.com. Before Khari came to the team in 2022, he reported the College football for the Clarion Ledger in Jackson.