"He’s an unbelievable player, unbelievable defender, so I definitely think there’s a place for him in this league.”

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.

Celtics GM explains "boring as hell" trade deadline and why he's not concerned by his team's up and down performance.