When the Celtics were making the playoffs with just Isaiah Thomas and lots of heart, it was easy to say “wait till next year.” There was perpetual buffet of max free agents and Nets picks to fill our hearts and minds with dreams of future riches. Last year, when the team once again overachieved without their two biggest name stars (Irving and Hayward), the whole summer was dominated by “no really, wait till NEXT year!”
Well, the team should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque because we are not where we expected to be at this point.