Boston Celtics get top marks in assessment of their season to date

Boston’s big offseason swings get great grades in a recent reckoning.

The Boston Celtics have put together what is a tie (with the Minnesota Timberwolves) for the best record in the NBA at roughly a quarter way through the 2023-24 season, with a total of 13 wins on their home court of TD Garden without registering a single loss. That is a better home start for Boston than the last season (2007-08) the storied ball club won a title.

And in fact it is more than the 1985-86 version of the Celtics managed to start its season with despite being recognized as one of the best teams ever to grace an NBA floor in the history of the league. Now that’s not to say this version of the team is on par with that club (they do have 5 losses in their 19-5 overall record), just that Boston is off to a red-hot start.

Just how good is this team? Quite good, according to Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey, who gave it very good marks in a recent article grading every team in the league’s start to the season.