All season, amidst all of the winning, a war has been raging among the various Boston Celtics blogs surrounding the team’s center position. We all see it: the C’s have the kind of two-way presence from their top players to warrant considering a blockbuster trade to complete the puzzle.
The thing is, though, any sweeping changes would cause the team to lose the identity it currently has. Defined by their best five players (Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Gordon Hayward and Marcus Smart), the Celtics would have to sacrifice one of them in order to acquire one of the top centers on the market.