Kornet has been a solid regular season player for the Celtics over the past couple seasons, and he played a career high 18 minutes per game over the course of 73 games in '24-'25. He has proven to be a serviceable big that can take on minutes either as a regular back-up, or a third center that can fill time when others are injured. After shooting 37% from three over the first two seasons of his career, Kornet has actually has stopped taking 3-pointers, but is finishing decently enough at the rim to have a very good eFG%.    As a skinny, slow-footed big, his defensive limitations are a problem. He has become famous for the "Kornet contest", but it's still unclear how effective that is, and even if it is, it's not difficult for others to replicate. Kornet is already 29 years old, so most teams would probably prefer to take a flyer on a younger prospect with one of their final roster spots. However, he has given the Celtics some decent minutes at times, so he could continue to fill a similar role going forward, and other teams could see him as a quality back-up center that they could target in free agency.

Kornet will be an unrestricted free agent with a $2.3 million cap hold and full Bird Rights, so the Celtics will have no restrictions on re-signing him. Other teams will have multiple ways to sign Kornet as even teams without cap space could likely use any of the Non-Taxpayer MLE, Room MLE, or possibly even the Taxpayer MLE or Bi-Annual Exception to sign him. It's also possible that Kornet only gets minimum offers.