I thought that with KD staying in the team, the Celtics’s leave allowances would come to an end. While they maintained their starting lineup of the finals last season, they first took down the bench bandit broghden, he also signed Gary Nally, one of the most important veterans in the free market. Although he failed to sign KD in the end, Celtics’s bench lineup was obviously greatly improved.
However, it was unpredictable. Gary Nally, who had just joined the team, encountered ACL. Lowe’s knee was not suitable for radical surgery. Coach Wu ducurno was banned for violating team discipline throughout the season.
Originally, the full score was leave allowances, but the future of the team became uncertain due to various accidents and farces. So, how will such a Celtics perform in the new season?
Major new players: Brogden, Gary Nelly, Griffin, kabanglai (two-way contract), JD-Davidson (23 rounds)
Major players leaving the team: Tess, neismith, stoscass, Malik Fitz, Juwan Morgan
New season start & main rotation forecast:
Starting: Tatum, Brown, smart, Horford, Lowe
Major rotations: broogden, garinelli, gvey, white, Pritchard, Griffin
The list of 20 people in Celtic training camp
Last season review:
The Celtics went lower and higher last season. At the beginning of the season, they were in a low state and once ranked outside the playoffs. After that, they adjusted their status in time and maintained their strong performance until the end of the regular season. Finally, they entered the playoffs with the second record in the east.
In the playoffs, their performance was remarkable. They swept basketable nets first, then the konglu, and the East decided to win the heat again and compete with the Warriors in the finals. Due to such a journey with gold content, many people from outside are optimistic about the Celtics winning the championship before the finals start.
During the regular season, Tatum played 26.9 points, 8 rebounds and 4.4 assists, and he has become an absolutely qualified star player, jay Brown also made a breakthrough last season. He could score 23.6 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, although he was slightly inferior to Tatum, but there is no doubt that it can be used as the team’s second house and flank fire point.
In addition to the two of them, the Celtics role players also ushered in a collective outbreak. Smart gave full play to his role as a leading defensive soldier and successfully won the league DPOY. Rowell was also selected as the best defensive second team, the progress of his and gowei young men’s offensive performance is even more visible to the naked eye.
Horford was even older and more evil. His offensive end finally recovered its efficiency last season. He could ambushed comfortably at the bottom of the Green Army’s offensive system to maximize his projection threat, these people are still the basis for the Green Army to compete for the Championship next season.
The ups and downs of the offseason
To say that the biggest problem in the Green Army’s lineup last season was that the depth of the lineup was not enough, and the main entanglement point was No. 1. This position usually raised the upper limit of the team and exposed the lower limit of the team to a large extent.
Finding Brogden was their perfect first-hand reinforcement.
Broghden was able to contribute 19.1 points 5.1 rebounds 5.6 assists to Pacers last season. He is a combo guard with both offensive and defensive abilities, and his ability to hold the ball is much higher than that of smart and white. His arrival can largely solve the biggest problem of Celtics not holding the ball and scoring in the backcourt, making their offensive performance more stable next season.
The other player they signed, Gary Nally, is famous for his projection ability. His three-point shooting rate last season reached 38.1%, and he was able to contribute 11.7 points, is an absolutely qualified flanking scorer. Yogueta can be perfectly integrated into the Green Army system, then his projection level is likely to be stimulated again, the Celtics’s offensive space in the front court will be improved, and the team will have more offensive options, the efficiency must also be higher.
However, it is unpredictable that Gary Nelly, who has just joined the team, is likely to miss all the games in the new season.
The only comforting thing is that they still have time and space to make up for the vacancy left by Gary Nally’s injury. If Gary Nally is reimbursed for the season, Celtics can apply for a special injury case of 3.2 million dollars from the league, it is used to strengthen the team’s squad strength, but it is undoubtedly very difficult at present, and they are likely to enter the new season with the current squad.
In addition, the recovery time after Lowe’s operation is about 4-6 weeks. He will be absent from the team’s training camp and preseason at least. How should the Celtics insiders make adjustments at the beginning of the season? Yesterday, the Green Army signed the free agent veteran Griffin with a one-year base salary. It is not clear how much support he can provide for the team in No. 5 position.
In fact, for the Celtics, the most worrying may not be the short-term injury stop, but the fear that the repeated injury of Lowe’s knee will continue for a new season again.
What kind of influence will coach Wu ducurno’s farce bring to this team? All this seems to be unknown……
This season’s Celtics, after this disastrous pre-match preparation period, it has become a problem whether they can get out of the East next season.
In addition, for the Green Army who have already entered the finals, they will have the biggest year of salary pressure next season. The expiration of Hoford’s big contract will release a lot of space, but he will be 37 years old by then, what kind of performance he will play this season to win a contract for himself is worth looking forward.
Before that, what the Green Army needed to worry more about was Jay Brown, one of the two flowers. His contract would expire in the 23-24 season, and his next big contract would have to be discussed next year, brown, who was previously caught in the rumors of KD trading, is already an absolutely qualified All-Star player, and it is almost impossible to sign an early renewal contract at a loss.
That is to say, after this season, the Celts with highly complete positions may have to usher in a new wave of team building adjustments.
Summary:
The Green Army still maintained the final class of last season, and also strengthened its weakness well. The Green Army people who have tasted the taste of the finals will still aim at the O’Brien Cup in the new season.
The performance of double flower exploration is still the key factor to determine the upper limit of this team. Everyone on their bench is a very tough role player, plus the kind of players like Brogden, the Green Army in the new season still has good fighting capacity.
However, player injuries and coach farce seem to have quietly laid a curse for the Green Army’s new season. In the highly competitive East, if they want to stand out from the tight encirclement, it will be far more difficult to last season!