If you had told me that Luke Kornet would be the starting center for the 2024 Boston Celtics after the Brooklyn Nets eliminated the Celtics in the 2021 NBA playoffs, marking the end of Kornet’s first time with the Celtics, I would have been confident that things hadn’t gone as planned in the years that followed.
A lot has happened since that ghastly 2020-2021 season for the Celtics. Luke Kornet’s development as a player ranks somewhere between the Celtics securing Banner 18 and Payton Pritchard unlocking the ability to hit halfcourt shots at a ridiculous clip.