The Boston Celtics’ widely-lauded offseason has taken a bit of a hit among analysts after one of the two major moves made by the organization appears to have been for naught after veteran forward Danilo Gallinari tore his left ACL in FIBA qualifiers earlier this summer.
With the rest of the NBA’s Eastern Conference getting better via trades and signings, and the rest of the Celtics’ offseason coup being a player they traded for with plenty of his own injury concerns, the gap between Boston and the rest of the East appears to be narrowing. And that is exactly why renowned NBA analyst Marc Stein rated the team just No. 3 in his latest league power rankings in his Substack newsletter.
“It’s still hard to believe, as a new season gets cranked up, that Ime Udoka’s Celtics were mired at No. 11 in the East as recently as mid-January,” feints Stein to begin his analysis.
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 11, 2022