This is a guest post from our friend Ryan Bernardoni.
The Boston Celtics trade deadline moves did not exactly light up the NBA after they added Xavier Tillman and Jaden Springer in exchange for Lamar Stevens, Dalano Banton, and three second round picks. When you’ve already added two All Stars in the past seven months, no one jokes about fireworks anymore, either. The Celtics simply needed to do some roster tweaking and they did.
In so doing, the front office has added optionality across the short, medium, and long-term.
The primary focus, as it should be for a top-tier title contender, is on what these incoming players can do this season.