Look, I’m going to level with you. I am not going to try to extrapolate the lessons from yesterday’s preseason loss—in which Dalano Banton, Payton Pritchard and Lamar Stevens led the team in minutes—to predict how the rest of the season will go. However, what I will do is tell you a story, one of the poetic tragedy of the Bus One Brigade.
The starting lineup last night was an absolute squadron of Pritchard and Banton, flanked by Sam Hauser, Oshae Brissett and Luke Kornet. It was exactly like if the Celtics had an away game against the Knicks, except if the Bus Two driver forgot to show up for work and the Celtics top-six players were stranded in Boston.