The Celtics off-season three steps: first deal with the salary of these two people, and then trade!

Celtics fell in the second round of the Eastern Conference and failed to complete the defensive career. What makes Celtic fans even more sad is that the team seems to have many difficult problems to solve next season. Tatum suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury. According to past experience, it takes 10-12 months to recover. It is a question whether he can make a comeback next season. The team's salary space is full, and Tatum's new contract will exceed the second luxury tax line after it takes effect next season. If it is not operated in the offseason, the Celtics will face many restrictions such as being unable to package more and exchange more, not being able to use cash in transactions, being unable to sign first and then exchange players, being unable to sign buyout players whose annual salary is higher than the full middle class special case, and the possibility of confiscation of mini middle class special case. Without Tatum, relying on existing players has been proven to be "blood-slaughtered" by a strong playoff team, so offseason trading is imperative.

So how did the Celtics break the dead end? The first step is to try to reduce the salary space below the second rich line to facilitate subsequent operations. Except for Horford and Craig who are completely free agents, other players have contracts. The first thing to do is to clear out the contracts of Holiday and Hauser, which totaled more than $42 million, and strive to get some draft picks back. Holiday is too old and Hauser is very useful in the playoffs, but for some teams, Holiday's veteran experience and Hauser's regular season three-pointers are useful, which requires the Boston management to work hard.

deal with the contract between Holiday and Hauser and the total salary is lowered below the second rich line before subsequent transactions can be carried out. At this time, the Celtics need to put Jaylen Brown, the MVP of last season's finals, on the shelves with the determination to break and not establish. Brown is a shocking player who can attack and defend, but he is not the core of the championship team level. His ability to control and his football quotient determines that he cannot be among the strongest players in the league. Brownga draft picks, or going to the Stud superstar, or introducing several functional puzzles for zero exchange are all options for the Celtics. But the Celtics' team building philosophy in recent years has been aimed at winning the championship. Using Brown to exchange for a better superstar will be the direction of the team's efforts. Porzingis can be put into the trade. Although he performed poorly, next season is the contract year, and the team that doesn't worry about freeing up space will not take over. The embarrassing thing is that can Jaylen Brown return to a stronger player, or even a stronger player than Tatum? Can several first-round draft picks from Brown and Porzingiska impress the Nuggets, the Bucks, and Antetokounmpo? I don't think this little bit of chips can be impressed. Whether the Nuggets want to make an appointment with a teacher or the Bucks want to produce Antetokounmpo, they definitely need more potential new stars and future assets. The Thunder, Rockets and even the Nets can provide better bargaining chips than the Celtics. If another star comes in exchange for it, whether it will be stronger than Brown, or whether it will be more suitable for the Celtics than Brown, it will be a question mark.

Management may not care about the question mark. They want to break the deadlock and give the boss and fans an explanation. The transaction is still imperative. The last question is left to Tatum, how will he be in his condition when he comes back? Logically speaking, Tatum is still young, has a height and a shooting, and can play without the ball no matter how bad it is. He uses cover to shoot three-pointers, and the ghosts cut in the space. Combining good organizational skills and defense, he can play the role of the All-Star. But as the core of the championship, it may be difficult. This means that Brown, Porzingis and the first-round draft picks must go for superstars of the teacher and Antetokounmpo, otherwise, if the trade comes back, other stars, or a bunch of functional puzzles, it will be useless to win the championship. Of course, if the Celtics think that after Tatum returns, he will no longer pursue the championship, just to reduce the salary burden, it is another matter.