The Boston Celtics turned on a dime this summer, and shook up the roster in a big way while recovering nicely from a sudden exodus of talent.
We’re not here to talk roster-building, however — it’s time to take a look at how those veterans who joined the team meshed with the ones who remained, checking the results of each versus preseason expectations.
The most important veteran addition was point guard Kemba Walker, but center Enes Kanter has had an important role to play for the team as well.
Perhaps even more important, a number of younger players began to shape into the players we hoped to see, while a few others have lagged behind more than we would have hoped as tends to happen.
So without further ado, let’s take a look at the veteran players we have contrasted with the ones we thought we’d be getting, grouped into arbitrary if functional subgroupings because that’s what you do for these sort of things.
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