Boston Celtics Salary Archive – 2016/17

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Name 2016-17
Al Horford $26,540,100
Amir Johnson $12,000,000
Avery Bradley $8,269,663
Tyler Zeller $8,000,000
Isaiah Thomas $6,587,132
Jae Crowder $6,286,408
Jonas Jerebko $5,000,000
Jaylen Brown $4,743,000
Marcus Smart $3,578,880
Kelly Olynyk $3,094,013
Terry Rozier $1,906,440
James Young $1,825,200
Demetrius Jackson $1,450,000
Jordan Mickey $1,223,653
R.J. Hunter (waived) $1,200,240
Gerald Green $980,431
Ben Bentil (waived) $250,000
Damion Lee (waived) $50,000
Jalen Jones (waived) $25,000
Marcus-Georges Hunt (waived) $25,000
Total $93,035,160

CetQuick: Under the cap by $1,107,840

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Exceptions

  • Room: $2,898,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart
PG: Isaiah Thomas, Marcus Smart, Terry Rozier, Demetrius Jackson
SG: Avery Bradley, Gerald Green
SF: Jae Crowder, Jaylen Brown, James Young
PF: Amir Johnson, Jonas Jerebko, Jordan Mickey
C: Al Horford, Tyler Zeller, Kelly Olynyk

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Deadlines

  • 6/29/17 — Qualifying offer deadline for Kelly Olynyk.
  • 7/2/17 — Tyler Zeller’s $8,000,000 guarantees for 2017-18.
  • 7/15/17 — Demetrius Jackson’s $1,384,750 guarantees for 2017-18.
  • 7/15/17 — Jordan Mickey’s $1,471,382 million guarantees for 2017-18.
  • 10/31/17 — Extension deadline for Marcus Smart.
  • 10/31/17 — Team options for Terry Rozier and Jaylen Brown.
  • 6/29/18 — Team option for Jordan Mickey.
  • 6/29/18 — Qualifying offer deadline for Marcus Smart.
  • 7/1/18 — Demetrius Jackson’s $1,544,951 guarantees for 2018-19.
  • 7/15/18 — Jordan Mickey’s $1,600,520 guarantees for 2018-19.
  • 10/31/18 — Extension deadline for Terry Rozier.
  • 10/31/18 — Team option on Jaylen Brown.
  • 6/24/19 — Estimated player option for Demetrius Jackson
  • 6/29/19 — Estimated player option for Al Horford.
  • 6/29/19 — Qualifying offer deadline for Terry Rozier.
  • 7/1/19 — Demetrius Jackson’s $1,676,735 guarantees for 2019-20.
  • 10/31/19 — Extension deadline for Jaylen Brown.
  • 6/29/20 — Qualifying offer deadline for Jaylen Brown.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates.  The NBA’s general cut-down date is January 10.

Acquisitions

  • 5/31/16 — Signed Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens to contract extensions.
  • 6/23/16 — Drafted Jaylen Brown (3rd), Guerschon Yabusele (16th), Ante Zizic (23rd), Demetrius Jackson (45th), Ben Bentil (51st), Abdel Nader (58th)
  • 6/23/16 — Traded the rights to Deyonta Davis (31st) and Rade Zagorac (35th) to Memphis Grizzlies for a 2019 Los Angeles Clippers first-rounder.
  • 6/29/16 — Issued qualifying offers to Jared Sullinger and Tyler Zeller.
  • 6/30/16 — Changed guarantee dates on the contracts of Amir Johnson and Jonas Jerebko to 7/7/16.
  • 7/7/16 — Guaranteed Amir Johnson’s $12.0 million 2016-17.
  • 7/7/16 — Guaranteed Jonas Jerebko’s $5.0 million guarantees for 2016-17.
  • 7/8/16 – -Rescinded the qualifying offer and then renounced Jared Sullinger.
  • 7/8/16 — Signed Al Horford to a four-year, $113.3 million contract, player option in the final season.
  • 7/26/16 — Renounced the rights to Luigi Datome.
  • 7/26/16 — Signed Demetrius Jackson (2016-45th) to a four-year, partially-guaranteed $5.5 million contract.
  • 7/26/16 — Signed Ben Bentil (2016-51st) to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $2.5 million contract ($250,000).
  • 7/27/16 — Signed Tyler Zeller to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $16 million contract
  • 7/27/16 — Signed Gerald Green to a one-year, $1.4 million contract.
  • 7/27/16 — Signed Jaylen Brown (2016-3rd) to a $4.7 million rookie-scale contract.
  • 8/17/16 — Signed Marcus Georges-Hunt to a one-year, partially-guaranteed $543,471 contract ($25,000).
  • 8/25/16 — Renounced the rights to Colton Iverson (2013-53rd).
  • 9/12/16 — Signed Damion Lee to a two-year, non/partially-guaranteed $1,448,720 contract ($50,000).
  • 9/12/16 — Signed Jalen Jones to a one-year, non/partially-guaranteed $543,471 contract ($25,000).
  • 10/21/16 — Signed Ryan Kelly to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,015,696 summer contract.
  • 10/31/16 — Picked up team options on Marcus Smart and Terry Rozier.
  • 10/31/16 — Declined option on James Young.
  • 10/31/16 — No extension reached for Kelly Olynyk.

Waived Players: John Holland, Damion Lee, Ben Bentil, Marcus Georges-Hunt, R.J. Hunter, Jalen Jones, Ryan Kelly

Traded Players: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: None

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Brad Stevens (hired in 2013 on a six-year, $22 million deal; three-year extension added on in May 2016)

Assistants: Jamie Young, Jay Larranaga, Walter McCarty, Micah Shrewsberry, Jerome Allen

Trainer: Ed Lacerte, Bryan Doo (strength and conditioning)

Basketball Executives

  • Danny Ainge — president of basketball operations
  • Mike Zarren — assistant general manager & team counsel
  • Austin Ainge — director of player personnel
  • David Sparks — director of basketball analytics

Pick Swaps

  • 2017 — Right to swap first-rounders with the Brooklyn Nets (Kevin Garnett)
  • 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Los Angeles Clippers (Austin Rivers).
  • 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Cleveland Cavaliers (Keith Bogans).
  • 2017 — Owed second-rounder from Minnesota Timberwolves (Robin Lopez, Wesley Johnson, Brandan Wright).
  • 2017 — Owe second-rounder to Brooklyn Nets (Kevin Garnett), if in 46-60 range and Boston swaps its first-rounder swapped with Brooklyn.
  • 2018 — Owed first-rounder from Brooklyn Nets (Kevin Garnett).
  • 2018 — Owe second-rounder (top-55 protected) to Oklahoma City Thunder (Perry Jones III).
  • 2019 — Owed first-rounder (top-eight, top-six in 2020 and unprotected in 2021) from Memphis Grizzlies (Jeff Green).
  • 2019 — Owed first-rounder (top-14 protected through 2020, otherwise converts to a 2022 second-rounder) from Los Angeles Clippers (Jeff Green, Deyonta Davis), two years following Clippers’ obligation to Toronto Raptors.
  • 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Detroit Pistons (Reggie Jackson, Perry Jones III).
  • 2019 — Owe second-rounder (top-55 protected) to Memphis Grizzlies (Zoran Dragic, Chris Andersen).
  • 2020 — Owed second-rounder from Miami HEAT (Zoran Dragic).

Unsigned Draft Picks

  • First-rounders: Guerschon Yabusele (2016-16th, cap hold $1,573,500), Ante Zizic (2016-23rd, cap hold $1,151,900)
  • Second-rounders: Abdel Nader (2016-58th), Marcus Thornton (2015-45th), Josip Sesar (2000-47th), Ben Pepper (1997-55th)

Free Agents

  • None

Cash Paid ($3.5 million max): $0

Cash Received ($3.5 million max): $0

Trade Kickers

  • Al Horford — 15 percent

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses, under certain circumstances.

D-League Affiliate: Maine Red Claws

Amnesty: Expired unused.

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(Updated on 4/17/17)

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