‘I expect the Celtics to be active in the trade market’: Shams Charania after Boston’s IST loss

“I just think from a staff perspective, getting timely baskets, the Celtics clearly were a little bit lacking last night,” said Charania.

If you watched the Indiana Pacers’ bench players giving the Boston Celtics nearly as much trouble as did their starters in Monday night’s in-season tournament quarterfinals loss and wished that the Celtics could have a few players that the team can lean on for similar production, you are far from alone in that regard.

In fact, The Athletic’s and Stadium’s Shams Charania weighed in on Boston’s bench postgame, hinting that the Celtics may have plans to boost their reserve capabilities with a few consolidatory moves at the 2024 NBA trade deadline while making an appearance on Fan Duel’s “Run it Back” podcast.

“My concern with the Celtics — there’s a lot that we’ve seen over the last couple of years — they get outscored 17 to 7 down the final minute-thirty of this game last night,” recounted The Athletic reporter.