The Boston Celtics are held in high regard by some of the more popular NBA offseason power rankings out there, checking in from the top spot of the league’s own 2022 offseason power rankings, and just one slot shy of pole position in The Athletic’s offseason power rankings.
The Celtics will return almost all the players who saw postseason minutes in the 2022 NBA Playoffs in a run that saw them fall two wins shy of a championship against the Golden State Warriors and have since added veteran forward Danilo Gallinari in free agency while trading for Indiana Pacers floor general Malcolm Brogdon.
Let’s take a look at the two assessments of the Celtics mentioned above.
Russell is among the most important figures of the last century for exactly the stances he took that drew the ire of that era’s white Bostonians. https://t.co/UdzBQATsUs
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) August 4, 2022