The Boston Celtics have had by most accounts one of the best offseasons in the league, adding to the starting five that carried them to within two wins of an NBA title in the 2022 playoffs. And there’s been a fair amount of justified think pieces and podcasts trying to sort out just where the Celtics’ roster sits next to the other top teams in the league.
But where do they project in terms of the players who will play the team’s most important (and most frequent) minutes? While Boston certainly has a claim to one of the deepest rosters in the league, where do their starters stack up against the league’s elite franchises?
Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes recently took a stab at such an exercise, and put Boston second overall in the league, just ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers and just behind the Golden State Warriors.
A strong Las Vegas Summer League performance secured the Canadian center a spot on Boston’s two way roster. https://t.co/GMLcXndP9R
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) July 18, 2022