The financial implications of waiving guard JD Davison are why the Celtics ultimately opted for that direction, Brian Robb of MassLive writes. By letting go of Davison, the Celtics slid under the second apron, approximately by $1.9MM with 14 players on the roster.
By moving under the apron, the Celtics can send out cash in a trade, can aggregate salaries and are beginning the path to opening their 2032 pick up for trade. As Robb explains, once Boston stays under the second apron for three straight seasons, they’ll unfreeze that pick.
Cutting Davison now as opposed to later allowed him to catch on with the Rockets on a two-way deal, re-uniting him with former Boston head coach Ime Udoka.
We have more notes from the Atlantic Division:
Ben Simmons and Landry Shamet are candidates for the Knicks‘ 15-man roster, Ian Begley of SNY writes in a mailbag. As has been reported, the Knicks are among the teams awaiting Simmons’ decision. Several staffers have interest in bringing back Shamet for a second season as well. As Begley writes, the Knicks have enough room under the second apron to bring in a veteran and a player on a rookie free agent deal. 2025 second-round Mohamed Diawara could be a candidate for that latter role, though that’s speculation.
In a subscriber-only post, Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post writes that by taking a discount on his extension, Mikal Bridges put himself in rare air and established himself as a core Knick for years to come.
The Nets announced their preseason schedule for the upcoming season, NetsDaily relayed. The four-game schedule’s only home game is a tilt against Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem.