Celtics Free Agency Update // Success in the Luxury Tax // Caller Reaction - 7/1 (Hour 2)

Felger & Massarotti

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

(0:00) Felger, Mazz, and Murray open the second hour reacting to the Celtics’ early free agency moves.
(12:37) Comments on the limited cap space remaining for the Celtics. Plus, caller reactions on the Celtics and Red Sox.
(25:00) Conversation about the Warriors’ success and flexibility over the last decade despite being in the luxury tax, and why the Celtics couldn’t replicate that flexibility.
(34:26) Continued thoughts on NBA teams finding success despite paying the luxury tax, and caller reactions on all the guys have talked about today.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	B-Pod Studios
0:03.0	Is Belgrade Mazz your favorite afternoon show?
0:11.1	Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
0:14.3	The Celtics, they looked poised to go on a run, but a lot has changed since then.
0:21.7	A devastating injury to Jason Tatum combined with trade sending out Drew Holiday, Chris Stap's Porzingis.
0:27.2	And this is what you have left for the potential starting five on opening day.
0:31.7	Mr. Marks, what can Boston still do here in free agency?
0:35.9	Yeah, I think the bank is closed in Boston right now. I think the
0:38.7	most important numbers to take a look at is the luxury tax and the total. That's roughly over
0:44.5	$250 million. Malika, at one time, that number was $550 million. In the period of one week,
0:52.1	they have saved $300 million by trading, Drew Holiday,
0:56.5	and Christopps Porzingus. They've reached a deal on Luca Garza. They're going to lose Al Horford
1:01.6	to free agency, and they're also going to lose Luke Cornett to free agency. Both guys are going to be,
1:08.0	both guys are going to be gone here. I won't tell you where they're going yet.
1:11.9	We'll come to break that.
1:13.4	But both are going to be gone here.
1:16.0	And I think the big thing next is going to be, certainly what happens with Anthony
1:19.1	Simons, who they acquired in the trade.
1:20.8	He's currently is in the last year.
1:22.3	And of course, there'll be speculation regarding Jalen Brown or Derek White.
1:25.3	But as we've said all along, eventually he's coming back.
1:29.7	Jason Tatum's coming back.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 14 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Beasley Media Group, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Beasley Media Group and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.