Ray Allen not worried about the impact of CBA rule changes on Boston Celtics – NBA Update
Boston Celtics super star Ray Allen has dismissed concerns that his side could be negatively affected by the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The National Basketball Players Association and NBA owners agreed on a tentative
deal this Saturday to bring the lockout to an end and restrictive new rules could impact the Celtics.
The deal which is likely to bring the 5 month old lockout to an end calls for much stricter rules that will make it much harder for teams to go over the luxury tax threshold with their salary cap spending. This is designed to cut
down teams such as the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers who outspend other teams and sign all the biggest names.
The Celtics have very few players signed for the next season and would have to get new faces to fill out the roster. Those on board already include the Big Four of Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo. All these players
have substantial contracts that eat up most of the salary space; therefore fans are worried as to how the Celtics would get a competitive roster together.
“I’m not concerned,” Allen said in an interview with the Boston Herald. “I have faith in the organization and in Danny.”
Danny Ainge, the President for Basketball Operations at Boston is renowned as a very shrewd operator who originally brought together Garnett, Pierce and Allen, leading to an NBA World Championship for the Celtics in 2008.
Allen believes Danny Ainge will still find a way to make things work and give the players a suitable platform to launch a charge for the NBA World Championship.
“For the last four years he’s put together a team that could contend for the championship and be one of the best teams in the league.”
He also said that the Celtics need not be overly worried, because the rules are the same for all the teams. If Boston cannot spend excessively, so can’t other teams in the NBA.
“It’s going to be league-wide,” he said. “Every team is going to be facing the same problems or challenges.”
He said these are matters to be discussed in the boardroom of the franchise and not in the locker room. Allen said he trusted his front office to deliver, as they had in previous years, while he intended to get in shape and perform
as well as he could out on the court.
“The important thing for us during the time off is that we as players need to keep ourselves ready and stay in shape,” said Allen, in anticipation of training camps expected to open Dec. 9. “I think it’s important that we’re not
gallivanting around the world. We have to be ready for when we start playing.”
Tags: