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Who are the Boston Celtics free agents in 2026-27?

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The Celtics have 3 free agents carrying cap holds for 2026-27, led by Nikola Vucevic, Chris Boucher, John Tonje.

Nikola Vucevic (Bird 150%)

$32.2M

Chris Boucher (Non-Bird (120%))

$2.8M

John Tonje (Non-Bird (120%))

$2.2M

Total holds

$37.2M

Each unsigned free agent occupies a cap hold sized by his Bird bracket (a percentage of his previous salary), totalling $37.2M on the Celtics' books. Holds count against the cap only, never the tax or aprons.

Each hold stays until the player re-signs, signs elsewhere, or is renounced. Renouncing clears the hold instantly but surrenders the Bird rights to re-sign him over the cap.

The rule behind this

A cap hold is a placeholder amount charged to a team's cap for each of its own free agents, sized as a percentage of his previous salary (his Bird bracket). It exists to stop a loophole: without holds, a team could spend all its cap space on outsiders and then still re-sign its own stars with Bird rights.

What is the cap hold? →What are Bird rights? →What does renouncing a free agent mean? →

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Numbers come straight from the live Celtics cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.