Two low-cost playmaking trade targets to help Boston’s ball-movement woes

Boston needs playmaking that won’t break their budget, and these are two solid options.

You can point to a lot of things in an effort to diagnose what has been going wrong with the Boston Celtics in recent weeks, but perhaps one of the biggest has been structural.

The Celtics have two bonafide All-Stars on their roster, a veteran point guard who was an All-Star last season having solid to great play when he can stay on the court, and a rising force in the frontcourt putting up some serious numbers — yet these players can’t seem to get the rest of the team involved. A cursory glance at most of the stat lines produced by the bench confirms this, but it may be a structural problem tied to the team’s roster construction.

In short, this team is sorely lacking in genuine playmakers.