Shortly following the Jrue Holiday trade on Sunday, I tweeted out that this season's hashtag motto should be #NoExcuses. During the 2000-2021 season when the Celtics were underperforming there was tons of talk on whether the Jay's should finally be broken up. They weren't and instead Danny Ainge stepped down and Brad Stevens moved to the front office following that season's first round elimination.
Fast forward two years and the Celtics roster is still led by Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but the entire supporting cast (save for Payton Pritchard) has been replaced. Derrick White and now Jrue Holiday have been brought in to reshape the backcourt.