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Luke Kornet, Celtics agree on one-year deal

The Boston Celtics made a vital depth move in the first free agency signing of the NBA season by re-signing big Luke Kornet to a one-year contract. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN was the first to report the development when the clock struck 6 PM EST, the formal start of free agency, and teams began meeting with prospective signings. With Kristaps Porzingis out for the season opener, Boston was understandably eager to reach an agreement with Kornet.

The original story about Boston wanting to keep Kornet and fellow big man Xavier Tillman was written by MassLive’s Brian Robb. While JD Davison remained untouchable, Neemias Queta and Drew Peterson were the recipients of qualifying offers from the Bruins on Saturday. About one hour following the announcement of Kornet’s signing, Queta and Boston reached an agreement on a multi-year contract.

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Unlike the chаоtic pаst, free аgency news hаs been seeping оut grаduаlly becаuse tо cоncerns аbоut mаnаging the new sаlаry ceiling аnd feаr оf tаmpering sаnctiоns аs а result оf the newest CBа. In their pursuit оf cruciаl rоle plаyers аnd prepаrаtiоn tо defend their NBа title, the Celtics will likely remаin а cоntender.