Within minutes of this year’s free agency period, the Boston Celtics made some significant noise as they inked All-Star Kemba Walker to a four-year, $141 million deal. With this, the franchise has found the successor to Kyrie Irving at point guard which, obviously, was priority number one this offseason.
Priority number two? Finding a replacement for Al Horford at center.
With limited funds at Boston’s disposal after the Walker signing, the idea of picking up a quality starting center in free agency seemed out right impossible. Fear was, the team would have to settle for the likes of a JaVale McGee, Tyler Zeller or someone else of this nature.