The Boston Celtics leveled up their frontcourt rotation in the offseason with the signing of champion veteran big man Tristan Thompson in free agency, with the former Cleveland Cavaliers center inking a deal worth a little more than $19 million over the next two seasons.
A switchable defender able to pull down boards at a high clip and provide near-basket offense while sacrificing little on the defensive end of the ball, the Canadian vet has loads of playoff experience against some of the toughest teams the league has ever produced.
With the sort of skilled interior toughness the team has lacked for years under contract, Boston should match up with some of the bigger rosters in the East better.
And gives up little versus smaller teams when the Texas product is on the floor.
Watch the video assembled by Tomasz Kordelewski embedded above to get the full picture of how Thompson will fit into this iteration of the Celtics, and get hyped up for his Boston debut in two weeks.
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