Celtics get high marks in new Bleacher Report season midpoint assessment

“It’s hard to imagine things going much better for the Boston Celtics,” writes B/R.

For all intents and purposes, the NBA as a whole has reached — or soon will — the halfway point of the league’s 2023-24 season. With that milestone finally upon us, we can begin to assess how the moves that the Boston Celtics and the other 29 teams in the league made in the 2023 offseason have impacted their play so far this season.

Over the course of the first 41 games that have been played by all 30 teams, trends, tendencies, and above all else, the results give us a baseline to judge how each team’s season is going relative to preseason expectations. To such an end, Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey has given the Celtics high marks in a league-wide grading assignment along the lines laid out above.

“It’s hard to imagine things going much better for the Boston Celtics, who are top five in both points per 100 possessions and points allowed per 100 possessions,” writes Bailey.