In Moneyball, there’s this scene where they’re talking about substitutiing Jason Giambi’s production with Scott Hatteberg, David Justice, and Jeremy Giambi:
This season, the Celtics won’t have a Giambi-sized hole to fill, but they will miss Evan Turner off the bench. ET’s numbers weren’t gaudy (10-5-4 in 28 minutes), but he settled the second unit and was a clutch player from Brad Stevens at the end of close games. Like Billy Beane and Peter Brand, Boston will attempt to replace Turner in the aggregate with their young core of Terry Rozier, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, and Kelly Olynyk.