Boston Celtics: Ranking likelihood of Cs landing B/R’s top Cs FA targets

What is the likelihood any of Bleacher Report’s top Boston Celtics free-agent targets end up on the Cs? The Houdini takes a look.

The Boston Celtics will be players in the free-agent market this offseason. That much is clear because teams don’t get as close as the Cs did–while also showing significant roster flaws–without making win-now moves around the fringes.

Assuming the Celtics want to at least keep their core together (Team Shamrock from the US National Team that placed seventh at the FIBA World Championships), the changes will come from signings. Said signings don’t project to be big ones according to Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale, who instead projects the Cs to target the likes of Aron Baynes, Shabazz Napier, and Chris Boucher:

"Generating a free-agency big board for the Boston Celtics is difficult. They’re limited by both their spending power–the mini mid-level exception—and body count. Assuming Gordon Hayward and Enes Kanter pick up their player options, Boston will have 12 players on the books after guaranteeing Daniel Theis’ salary. And that’s before factoring in three first-round picks. Roster shuffling is inevitable. The Celtics will be drafting and stashing at least one player, if they even keep their picks, and can look to offload the smaller salaries of Kanter and Vincent Poirier to make room for others."

This offseason will be defined by what the team can accomplish in the NBA Draft, barring any major trades. If these 3 fringe signings are the caliber of free-agent in Boston’s crosshairs, here are the likelihood each actually ends up in green and white, determined by a 1-10 scale: