Career three-point shooting percentage is 42%~SI: If the Celtics send away the Shooter to avoid taxes, the Lakers are interested in introducing

This year's offseason, the Celtics cut a lot of future salary expenditures. In order to avoid luxury taxes, Brad Stevens, the team's president of basketball operations, dealt with many players with huge salaries, such as Ju Holiday and Porzingis. Currently, the Celtics are only $9.4 million higher on the luxury tax line, and they are still likely to continue to make transactions and reduce their salary to the luxury tax line.

According to Sports Illustrated reporter Ryan Stano, the Celtics may decide to trade the distracted shooter Hauser to keep the total salary below the luxury tax line before the 2026-27 season, when Tatum will return from a laceration of the Achilles tendon. If the Celtics really decide to part ways with Hauser, the Lakers may be interested in attracting them, and they are looking for players who can provide shooting firepower from the bench, which is also a demand for most teams in the league.

Hauser had previously signed a four-year, $45 million contract with the Celtics, and the contract has three years left.

In the 2024-25 season, Hauser played 71 regular season games for the Celtics, averaging 21.7 minutes per game to score 8.5 points and 3.2 rebounds, and a three-point shooting percentage of 41.6% (42% career three-point shooting percentage); in the playoffs, Hauser played 8 times for the Celtics, averaging 13.5 minutes per game to score 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds.

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