Tuning into a Boston Celtics game lately has been like going to make a late-night hot chocolate, venturing to the refrigerator and finding out you bought reduced-fat whipped cream instead of regular. It’s fine, but just not quite what you were looking for.
This Celtics team is still figuring itself out under first-year head coach Ime Udoka and figuring out life without a distinct third option to Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. Gone are Kemba Walker, Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving. Now it’s just the two young wings, Marcus Smart, an aging Al Horford and Co. Boston’s supporting cast has done it here and there but hasn’t quite found the key to the consistency Udoka is looking for.
There has been talk among fans and pundits of what the Celtics can do at the deadline to improve their performance. Some of it has centered on blowing things up and starting over; others adopt the opposite approach. Take Jack Simone’s piece for CelticsBlog that outlines targets the Celtics could have at the deadline for another star. Simone suggests a list of 10 but keys in on three.
Let’s take a look at what he suggests.
