Putting it all together
The second half of the season may see some leaps forward by a few of the seven-man rookie cadre, and will almost certainly see some take steps back as the toll of a long NBA season begins to wear.
But despite the lack of a true star emerging from this season’s incoming class of first-year players, none of them look like a mistake given how they joined the team, and a few have flashed hints they could be special.
It’s very rare to take more than a pair of prospects and have them all end up as NBA players, but there’s a small chance all of the players joining the Celtics could stick in the league beyond their current contract.
That’s not to say they are the players of the future for this franchise — or maybe even players of the present. With trade season in full swing, one could be dealt before the day is done, never mind the Feb. 6 deadline.
But whatever their fate is, so far the extensive class of rookies brought on by the Celtics has had a passing first half of the NBA season, and that is something to be positive about, even if it isn’t the solution to all of Boston’s more recent woes.
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