The prevailing thought after the Celtics’ whirlwind offseason seems to be that Boston got better at the top, but their depth took a hit. On Zach Lowe’s most recent podcast, he talked about how the Celtics have the best top-6 in the NBA, but will struggle to find useful minutes after that.
And I get it – I understand where Lowe and other analysts are coming from. Simple math can tell you that the C’s lost more rotational players (Marcus Smart, Rob Williams, Malcolm Brogdon, Grant Williams) than they gained quality starters (Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis), so one could logically assume that they now have less depth.