The Boston Celtics have designs on contention in a season still inflected by the pandemic that nearly ended their last season early, and they’ll likely get through most of it with their offseason team-building not quite complete.
After the exit of forward Gordon Hayward to the Charlotte Hornets in a sign-and-trade, the team pocketed a massive, $28.5 million trade exception from the Hayward deal that will later allow them to add a player (or several) to their roster at some later point of the season.
Let’s take a look at the roster as it is likely to look as the team starts its 2020-21 season with preseason games kicking off on Dec. 15, and their regular season on Dec. 23: