Boston Celtics Trade Rumors: 3 Pivotal elements of Boston's status quo

#2 Future free agents and how to go about the Summer of 2019

Terry Rozier has seen a decline in playing minutes because of Kyrie Irving.

With Kyrie committed to Boston and most likely to sign a five-year max deal this summer, the path of backup point-guard Terry Rozier does not look exciting. Kyrie, who is just two years older than Terry, has affected a drastic fall in playing minutes for him. Apparently, Scary Terry's heroics last season to lead the inexperienced Kyrie-less Celtics squad to the East Finals could not overshadow Uncle Drew's unflinching resume.

Rozier becomes a restricted free-agent this summer along with one-half of the Morris twins and starting forward, Marcus Morris who will be on the market as an unrestricted free agent.

Ainge's master plan for the summer might require him to hold on to all his assets till February 7, and his take on the same did not suggest otherwise,

"It just depends. I like every guy on our team. I like our roster. There will be trade conversations, obviously. Every year it happens with every team. But we’ll only do something that makes sense."

As a result, the future free agents might just make it through another peaceful season in Boston rather than being shuffled mid-season.