Celtics Lab 199: Three offseason paths for Boston – run it back, make minor moves, or take a step back

The dust has settled on the Boston Celtics’ Game 7 loss to the Miami Heat in the 2023 Eastern Conference finals, with the Celtics now looking at an exceptionally punitive new collective bargaining agreement designed to make life difficult for costly rosters like Boston’s just as they need to retool for another run at a title.

The team has major decisions to make in terms of whether to Supermax Jaylen Brown, re-sign Grant Williams, and what to do with the rest of the roster to commit to a financial path that will also put the ball club in the best position possible to hang a banner in the short term.

To do all the above, they will end up choosing one of three general approaches to building the roster for their 2023-24 campaign which would be running it back, making minor moves, or something that would see the team take a step back next season to reload for a longer title window (we hope).

All of them have their own, considerable risks — and on this pod, we try our best to outline what the contours of each are before diving into specifics on this latest episode of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast.