Vučević makes more than $6 million fewer than Simons this season, which makes for considerable luxury-tax savings for the Celtics. Boston tax bill drops from $39.5M to $17M They get out of the first apron More importantly, they are eligible to sign a player waived that had a pre-existing salary of $14.1M plus

Nikola Vučević has been one of the Chicago Bulls' most talked-about trade chips, but the big man may be sticking around through the end of the season, per a new report.