Boston Celtics 2020-21 individual players grades: Tristan Thompson

The veteran big man had a rough first season in Boston, but not all of it was his fault.

Now that the 2020-21 Boston Celtics season is firmly in the rear-view mirror, it’s possible to spend some time taking stock of how each player did with the opportunity he had.

To that end, we are grading every player who put in time on the basketball court for the Celtics this season, including all 15 members of the regular roster, both two-way players and the players the team cut or traded away. That’s 21 players altogether, and today’s focus is veteran big man Tristan Thompson, signed by then-team president Danny Ainge to the taxpayer mid-level exception in the offseason to try and shore up Boston’s frontcourt rotation with a seasoned player.

Let’s assess how well he filled that role in context this past season.