In Brad Stevens’ basketball card catalog, there are three types of players: bigs, ball handlers, and wings. In the biggest move so far in his tenure as President of Basketball Operations, he traded for Kristaps Porzingis, completing a trio of plus big men with Al Horford and Robert Williams. That deal jettisoned Marcus Smart to Memphis and trimmed the guard rotation to another threesome of Derrick White, Malcolm Brogdon, and Payton Pritchard.
His hold cards, of course, are a pair of aces in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but to keep them fresh for another deep playoff run next April, May, and June, they’ll need another wing to complete a solid nine-man rotation.