With the NBA draft underway and free agency looming, the Boston Celtics' NBA record 18th banner is beginning to recede into the rearview mirror—if not for the city of Boston, which is still basking in the glow of a championship parade attended by an estimated 1.5 million fans, then for the league at large.

As chatter surrounding draft trades and free-agency targets increases around the league's other teams, it remains quieter in the Celtics' corner, which works just fine for the team.

Boston's championship core—including Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday— will remain intact through next season, giving the Celtics a legitimate shot to run it back and add Banner 19, just for good measure.

The Celtics are projected to be over the second luxury-tax apron, hamstringing their ability to do much in the way of trades—whether it's aggregating salaries in trades, offloading cash in trades or signing-and-trading their own players for others.

But Boston can still make some meaningful moves within its own roster. Chief among those is Tatum's expected $315 million supermax, which would become the richest in league history and could be signed as soon as the free agent moratorium period lifts on July 6, per Boston Globe's Adam Himmelsbach.

Next up could be an extension for Derrick White, a key piece in Boston's campaign to defend its title.

The 29-year-old guard and the Celtics were unable to come to an agreement on an extension last year, and White has only become more valuable since. White, who remained a starter after the team traded Marcus Smart to the Memphis Grizzlies last offseason, averaged 15.2 points, 5.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds in 73 games and was named to a second consecutive All-Defensive team.

White was instrumental to the Celtics' postseason success, posting a career-high 38 points in a road win against the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the first round of the playoffs.

Per the Boston Globe's Adam Himmelsbach, White's extension is expected to be worth approximately $125 million over four years.

Forward Sam Hauser also had a career season en route to the Celtics' championship win and will be an important roster piece in 2024-25 and beyond, as Boston deals with the luxury tax penalties and their associated effects on roster-building.

The 26-year-old has a team option next season, though the Celtics could opt to decline it and extend him to a longer deal.

This season, Hauser shot 42.4 percent from the 3-point line on an average 5.9 attempts, a career high. He had a career-high 30 points on a career-high 10 three-pointers made in a 130–104 victory over the Washington Wizards in March, and his 11 three-pointers were instrumental in the Celtics' Finals win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Hauser's sharpshooting is especially valuable for the Celtics' three-point-heavy "Mazulla ball" style under head coach Joe Mazulla.

On Wednesday night, the Celtics selected Creighton forward Baylor Scheierman with the 30th pick in the NBA draft. He was the first first-round pick of the Brad Stevens era.

Scheierman averaged 18.5 points per game last season and is a solid rebounder.

But if the Celtics can find a player with their 54th overall pick on Thursday who can contend for one of the four open roster spots next season, the associated savings of having to pay that player just the rookie minimum can help the team afford to get White and Hauser locked up for the forseeable future.