Keith Smith

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[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

It's been a while since I created the original version of this, so I updated it for 2026-27.
Note: these are the current projections for the Cap, Tax, Aprons and Exceptions.

Hope this helps people understand the various spending levels and restrictions with each. Send feedback!

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

@NicoRizz725 Could always use a hug, to be honest. Who can't use a hug?

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Here's the problem in Boston: It's a little crowded with NBA Finals banners up the rafters. They don't hang them for things like advancing past the second round. And you haven't even hung one of those in more than 25 years.

[Tyler Kelbaugh @TylerKelbaugh94]

@KeithSmithNBA There's no cope. It was a bad loss. You just misrepresented the game. Hang the banner yourself - won a regular season game in Philly Nov 10.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Tyler Kelbaugh, who doesn't get paid to talk about sports and is clearly jealous and hurt about it, can't be bothered to understand that Boston started taking a lot of threes as they were pulling away. And they still outscored Philly by 14 on points in the paint.

[Tyler Kelbaugh @TylerKelbaugh94]

@KeithSmithNBA Keith Smith, who somehow gets paid to talk sports even though he can't be bothered to do it accurately, said "The Celtics didn't start shooting 3s at high volume until they were pulling away."

That is not true. The volume 3s were why they pulled away. They got hot from 3.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

The amount of "It was tied 76-76" comments today are hilarious. Hang the banner, I guess. Cope however you need to. You lost a home game with a 28-5 free throw advantage. That's pretty hard to do without getting your tail beat.

[Tyler Kelbaugh @TylerKelbaugh94]

@KeithSmithNBA It was a whooping for 20% of the game. Tied 76-76. Disingenuous.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

@CuseKnicksFan He's there as an advisor and does stuff on the business side. Austin Ainge and Justin Zanik run the front office and have for a bit now.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

The Jazz season has gone about as bad as it possible could. We're quickly nearing Dumb and Dumber territory here.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

@CuseKnicksFan Danny Ainge doesn't run the front office and hasn't for a while now.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen has sustained a non-displaced fracture in his right hand and will be sidelined for at least one month, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

That’s all 90 two-way spots filled at the e moment.

[Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto]

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Johni Broome have agreed to a two-way deal, league sources told @hoopshype. The former SEC Player of the Year and consensus All-American was the 35th overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft and spent last season with the Philadelphia 76ers.

[Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto]

The Minnesota Timberwolves and Johni Broome have agreed to a two-way deal, league sources told @hoopshype. The former SEC Player of the Year and consensus All-American was the 35th overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft and spent last season with the Philadelphia 76ers.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Really enjoyed this article.

A good reminder of how little we know behind the online personas of some of the people we follow and interact with virtually on a regular basis.

[James Herbert @outsidethenba]

For @ringer, I wrote about Bob Windrem aka @NetsDaily, the 81-year-old former NBC newsman who is also the internet’s most prominent and prolific Nets blogger https://t.co/ZHLcGB8oT5

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Link for algorithm purposes:

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NBA Games Notes are up on The Basketball Bulletin! Observations from:

🏀Celtics-Sixers (of course)
🏀Magic-Kings
🏀Heat-Jazz
🏀Blazers-Thunder

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[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

@Shafftybro2 It's not a trade bonus. It's his unlikely bonuses, which count against the apron. He has almost $3M in bonuses in his deal. And they can't be waived, unlike a trade bonus, which can be.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

So, as they were pulling away. Got it! Thanks for confirming.

[Blessed by the best🙏🏼 @Getatmedawg215]

@KeithSmithNBA That’s cap it was 76-76 then they hit a bunch of 3’s

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

@themcoster So, as they were pulling away?

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

For the "it was just hot shooting" crowd, the Celtics outscored the Sixers 46-32 on 23-39 shooting in the paint.

Boston also held Philly to 41.8% shooting.

The Celtics didn't start launching threes at a high rate until they were pulling away.

This was an all-around whooping.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Sour grapes do make the best whine.

[Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA]

Almost 8.5 years apart...

[Taylor Snow @taylorcsnow]

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