DONE DEAL:Boston celtices coach has signed a contract of $90 million

Brad Stevens, the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, talks during a press conference on Monday, October 2, 2023, in Boston, during the NBA basketball team’s media day. (Photo by Michael Dwyer/AP)AP
The Celtics strengthened the depth of their roster by making a few small, peripheral transactions, as many had anticipated. But given that they still have some wiggle room after Thursday’s trade deadline, they made three astute transactions
The Celtics have their 15th roster spot still open, giving them options. They could either look at the names on the buyout market or potentially promote two-way big man Neemias Queta to a standard contract spot. Regardless, the C’s likely aren’t done tinkering with the roster as they traded Banton to Portland for a reason.
Of note, the Celtics aren’t just free to sign any player they want due to a new rule in the CBA. As the C’s are above the first apron on the salary cap, they aren’t allowed to sign players who made more than non-taxpayer midlevel exception of $12.4 million. So any player who made more than that number and got bought out can’t sign with the Celtics in the buyout market.