It won't be easy to replace Jeff Green: CBA talk.
The CBA grants the team of an injured (and under contract) player a salary-cap exception that is the lesser amount of two options — the $5 million mid-level exception or half of the player’s contract. Had Green’s one-year, $9 million contract been in effect, the Celtics would have been eligible for a $4.5 million exception.
The only difference between the new CBA and its predecessor is that teams are only allowed to sign new players under an injury exception for one year. The previous agreement allowed for contracts up to five years in length.
So in a nutshell, this means that the Celtics options are limited. Thankfully, they have a decent amount of depth at the position. Still, that will be greatly tested this year with the combo of a shortened season and a veteran team. All Celtics fans know Marquis Daniels injury history, and to be honest, it'd almost be naive at this point to expect him to last all 66 games.
With the increased number of back to backs, including one back to back to back, Doc Rivers is likely to give the veteran big three some time off. Multiple injuries could cripple this team, and as Mark Murphy points out, they don't have a lot of options to fill in the holes.
