Last season, the Celtics had an undeniably loaded roster: two scoring machines in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the 6th Man of the Year in Malcolm Brogdon, and two of the league’s premier defensive guards in Marcus Smart and Derrick White. They had Finals experience, a veteran center, and a top-tier defensive big coming off the bench. They were favored to win almost every game they played, but, as we all know, fell short of the ultimate goal.
A year later after digging themselves out of an 0-3 hole only to lose Game 7 at TD Garden to the Heat, the offseason discourse has centered around the team’s shortcomings:
Tatum and Brown have offensive games that are too redundant.