The Celtics are one of the deepest teams in the NBA, maybe most so with their big men rotation. They’re going to need every bit of that depth early-on this season. Over the summer, the Celtics have seen three of their big men get surgery – Xavier Tillman with a knee scope, Luke Kornet with a wrist operation, and, most notably, Kristaps Porzingis having surgery to repair his torn retinaculum and dislocated posterior tibialis tendon.
Porzingis is the only one who is expected to miss time, with his return scheduled for some time in December. Brad Stevens gave positive updates on the three of them, noting that Kornet and Tilman will be ready to go for training camp, and that Porzingis has been progressing well in his rehab.