How did the Boston Celtics meet the salary cap and how did the deal happen to bring in KG, Allen & keep Pierce

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How did the Boston Celtics meet the salary cap and how did the deal happen to bring in KG, Allen & keep Pierce

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5 Responses to “How did the Boston Celtics meet the salary cap and how did the deal happen to bring in KG, Allen & keep Pierce”

  1. MITUR BINSDIRTY Says:
    October 26th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    KG did not want to play with Kubi Buryani and he went
    to Boston.
    But Hindu Players will make the Lakers team and
    Lakers wiil win with the Hindu players.

  2. tfoley5000 Says:
    October 30th, 2008 at 9:57 am

    NOT ME WE, and the Celtics got rid of players that are ME NOT WE, and Pierce was and is still the best player the Celtics have now he has help in KG and Allen, so they have a best the Eastern Conference, maybe the NBA but we’ll see.

  3. Final Paradox Says:
    November 2nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Actually like most teams, they didn’t meet the salary cap of $55M for the 07-08 NBA Season.
    I believe they went over by about $20Million, which is quite typical. Going over the Salary cap is allowed but this forces teams that trade players to remain within 125% of the incoming trade value.
    Garnet is the only MAX player on the Celtics –one of the highest contracts in the NBA, I think its around $22Million. Allen & Pierce make about $16M a piece. The rest of the Celtic Role players each make $600k to about $4Million.

    Garnet was traded for [Al Jefferson], [Selbastian Telfair], [Gerard Green], [Theo Ratliff], + Draft Picks.

    The Key player in this particular trade was “Theo Ratliff”–who had a large contract worth about $10Million, without him the trade would of been impossible since the rest of the players were all on low-scale ‘rookie contracts’, of $700K-$3M.
    To summarize, Minnesota sent Garnet’s $22 Million contract to Boston and in return got about $19Million back in contracts.

  4. flipper Says:
    November 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    the other players took a pay cut.. while the rookies agreed to play for free. .. all for the betterment of the team, no?

  5. jaceman Says:
    November 5th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Giving away most of its players then picking up free agents at minimum who wanted to play with KG, Allen, and Pierce.

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