Trading Holiday's salary ($32.4 million this season) for Simons' ($27.7 million) saves the Celtics $40 million in luxury tax and gets them within shouting distance of being able to duck the second apron line. That alone probably would've made this a win for Boston, but there are other bonuses here.

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