The Celtics do have limitations in terms of who they can sign on the buyout market. Boston is above the second apron so they aren’t allowed to sign players that were making more than the non-taxpayer midlevel exception ($12.9 million) when they were bought out.

The Boston Celtics were relatively quiet at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. The team's only move was a financial one, as Boston sent guard Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets for a pick swap, saving Boston $15 million in luxury tax penalties.

Derrick White's huge fourth quarter helped the Celtics hold off the Cavaliers for the team's fourth straight win.

The Boston Celtics kept the good times going on Tuesday night by strolling into Cleveland and beating the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers, 112-105. After a strange mid-season slump, the Celtics have now won four straight games and seven of their last nine.

The Boston Celtics made the trip to Ohio's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to face the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night, and it promised to be one of the toughest tilts left on the Celtics' 2024-25 regular season schedule.