Despite the fact that they had the league’s biggest Traded Player Exception with an overall value of $17.1M, once the clock struck midnight heading into Tuesday, July 18th, the Boston Celtics made the decision to not acquire a player via this luxury and, instead, opted to let it simply expire.
To some, this whole ordeal proved to be quite a let-down and, in some ways, a major disappointment as it was widely believed that, despite the savvy moves already made by Brad Stevens and co. this summer, Boston’s rotation could still use some extra talents to help plug in the remaining holes within their rotation, and many believed that their lofty TPE could have been a perfect way to address these areas.
Of course, nothing was made of the asset and, as a result, the C’s will now have to try and find other solutions to some of their glaring weaknesses, be it by means of utilizing some of their remaining exceptions, free agency, or, simply, by promoting from within.
Now, while the TPE’s expiration may not be unanimously thought of as a positive thing amongst the fanbase, with its passing there’s an argument to be made that some players currently on Boston’s depth chart may have actually ended up benefiting from it being untouched.
With this in mind, today we at the Houdini discuss 2 Boston Celtics players, in specific, who we believe were positively impacted by the front office’s decision to allow their $17.1 million Traded Player Exception to expire: