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2021-22Latest available releaseLive database
How much flexibility did the Boston Celtics actually have in 2021-22?
BOS 2021-22 carried $132,762,560 of selected player charges (118.1% of the cap), placing it in over cap below tax on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was creation at 0.0% of the cap; highest measured need was creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Current cap position
Current position on selected player charges — not every cap hold or dead-money charge.SupportedOver the cap, below the tax line, on selected player charges
Selected player charges
$132.8M
Share of cap
118%
Tax line
$3.84M under
First apron
$10.2M under
Second apron
No governed line that season
Exact thresholds
Salary cap: $112,414,000Luxury tax line: $136,606,000First apron: $143,002,000Second apron: —Selected player charges: $132,762,560
Option exposure
Optional decisions ahead — reported amounts, not commitments.Player options (0)
None
Team options (0)
None
Where the money maps
Which basketball functions the payroll is actually buying — shown beside need, never blended.Salary-to-function mapping covers only 0% of charges — no function-level salary conclusion is drawn for this season.
Acquisition paths
Threshold candidates only — a candidate route is not exact transaction legality.Bird-rights retention (threshold candidate)Trade salary matching (threshold candidate)Non-taxpayer exception (threshold candidate only)Minimum signing
WithheldExact transaction legality withheld — no exception-usage, cap-hold, and transaction ledger evidence
Selected player charges do not include every cap hold, dead-money charge or roster charge.
Threshold route candidates are not exact transaction legality.
Cash, cap and economic commitment remain separate; no universal flexibility or front-office score.