It was a fairly straightforward question, but one that required a bit of nuance to answer. Chatting with an NBA scout a few days ago, he asked, “Have you figured out what they are yet?”
The Celtics are still, in many ways, a mystery of sorts to many people even within the game. Despite the obvious talent still on the roster after Gordon Hayward went down on opening night, it caught people off guard when they achieved the best record in the league for most of this not-so-young-anymore season.
After thinking a few moments and gathering just the facts in evidence, I replied that, so far, the Celtics have proven themselves to be a very good regular-season team.