Smart is a player who too often gets trigger happy, and has never been known for his offensive efficiency, hitting 38.2% of his shots for his career. That margin is also necessary, because most members of the aforementioned rotation have flaws. The collective cohesion of a roster that closes holes, in the manner that the Celtics are doing, allows them a much larger margin for error. Yes, you do need stars, as is evident by the presence of Tatum and Brown, but neither are Top 5 players in the league, and Brown is closer to being a Top 25 player than he is Top 10. The next week or so will tell us more about how the 2022-23 Boston Celtics roster will look to start the season.The Celtics are currently proving that you needn't gather the best of the best in order to create a viable product. Let’s see what Brad Stevens and staff still have planned. The tools are there to do one more really big move. There’s still work to be done, but maybe the big stuff is already complete. Brad Stevens has shown a great willingness to deal first-round picks, so that also makes things easier to put together trade-wise. If they will, then there are still a ton of options available to Boston via trade. Will ownership really greenlight the TAX on a level of the Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets and LA Clippers? Right now, the Celtics are set to pay the tax. There is a difference between paying the tax and paying the TAX.
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The free agent market is rapidly getting picked clean, but that could be another veteran minimum signing or a TPE target.Īs for the TPEs…don’t get your hopes up too high. Brogdon was an outstanding acquisition, especially for such a minor price, but he’s got good size for a guard, not a wing. That’s one roster spot, and it will probably be via a veteran minimum signing. Ideally someone who is more of a pure center to play behind Williams and to start for him when necessary. And Robert Williams is still often injured.īoston needs to add at least one more veteran big. He also averaged 35 minutes per game in a long playoff run. Al Horford held up very well last year, but he is 36 years old.
Trading Daniel Theis leaves the Celtics a bit thin up front.
And they also have both Two-Way spots open.īrad Stevens said the Celtics needed to add more “scoring off the bench, more playmaking, more shooting and players who fit what we’re about”. The only signing exceptions the Celtics now have left are minimum exceptions. That’s the cost of taking on guaranteed salary in the Malcolm Brogdon deal and adding Danilo Gallinari via the Taxpayer MLE. Inclusive of Sam Hauser’s qualifying offer, the Boston Celtics are approximately $18.8 million over the luxury tax line.
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