Various thoughts on the Celtics’ defense

The Celtics’ defense can’t be this bad, can it? Well, maybe it isn’t, but it sure feels pretty bad to watch sometimes. One thing to remember about the Brad Stevens era is that the 2015-16 season probably broke our collective brains when a thoroughly average Celtics roster held the league’s fourth-best defensive rating before getting mopped by the Player of the Month, 60-win Atlanta Hawks in the first round.

Here’s the roster that held that 103.6 defensive rating:

Before you say it, the answer is no; Avery Bradley’s defensive stats have pretty much never been good.