"When you look at it from a standpoint of where we were wing-wise, Versus maybe where we were with a little more size and length, and then you added in that one guy made eight million times whatever the tax was versus two million times whatever the tax was, the minimum that counts as 2.3 [million] for us just made some logical sense."
"Well, we knew we were going to take 14 [players] into the season, I like Georges a lot. That was a hard conversation to have because he's a Boston kid and I think he would have loved to play for the Celtics."
Georges Niang, a Lawrence, Massachusetts native, was acquired by Boston in the Kristaps Porzingis trade but remained on the Celtics' roster for just over a month. In mid-August, the Celtics traded Niang and two second-round picks to Utah for RJ Luis Jr. Celtics president Brad Stevens said the move prioritized reducing luxury-tax expenditures by replacing Niang's higher salary with a cheaper veteran. Boston signed Chris Boucher to a one-year, $3.3 million contract. Boucher averaged 10 points, 4.5 rebounds and shot 36.3 percent from three last season. Stevens said the roster conversation with Niang was difficult given Niang's Boston roots.
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