{"id":772548,"date":"2026-07-01T17:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772548\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:35:21","slug":"celtics-updated-roster-salary-cap-after-mitchell-robinsons-reported-contract-in-nba-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772548\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics’ Updated Roster, Salary Cap After Mitchell Robinson’s Reported Contract in NBA Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston Celtics and free agent center Mitchell Robinson have agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal, per ESPN’s Shams Charania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the Celtics’ updated roster and depth chart (per ESPN<\/a>) and salary cap (per ESPN’s Bobby Marks). <\/p>\n

At this time, it’s unclear if Robinson or last year’s starting center, Neemias Queta, would start in 2026-27. However, both figure to absorb a lot of playing time at the 5.<\/p>\n

PG: Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Mike Conley Jr., Dalano Banton<\/p>\n

SG:\u00a0Jaylen Brown, Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez<\/p>\n

SF:\u00a0Sam Hauser, Baylor Scheierman, Ron Harper Jr.<\/p>\n

PF:\u00a0Jayson Tatum, Jordan Walsh, Chris Cenac Jr.<\/p>\n

C:\u00a0Mitchell Robinson, Neemias Queta, Luka Garza<\/p>\n

Per Marks, the Celtics’ projected payroll for 2026-27 is at $204 million, or just $5 million below the first apron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robinson has played all eight of his NBA seasons for the New York Knicks, who selected him with the 36th overall pick in the 2018 draft. He’s a tremendous defender, shot blocker and rebounder, and those traits all helped the 2025-26 Knicks en route to their first NBA title in 53 years.<\/p>\n

Now Robinson is headed to Boston, which will greatly benefit from Robinson’s presence down low.<\/p>\n

The Celtics have some big questions looming this offseason, namely the status of Jaylen Brown. Boston has been looking to trade him (the feeling is seemingly mutual<\/a>) and wants four first-round picks in return, per Sam Amick<\/a> of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

Boston could also give Queta, whose option has been picked up for the 2026-27 season, an extension, as noted by Keith Smith of Spotrac.<\/p>\n

However, adding Robinson gives the Celtics some needed depth and help down low as the 56-win team looks to bounce back from a tough first-round playoff exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics and free agent center Mitchell Robinson have agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal, per…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-772548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}