People are expecting big things of the Boston Celtics this season, but in at least one area, you can be sure they’ll end up coming up short.
The shortest in the entire league, actually.
Now, of course this isn’t as bad as it sounds, because I am being completely literal here - FiveThirtyEight’s Patrick Redford recently compiled the collective height of all players on every team in the NBA, and the Celtics are the shortest team out of 30.
Relax, you can close the Trade Machine as you scramble to find some taller options - there’s no evidence suggesting this is going to be a problem in a league that itself is trending smaller in terms of both play and roster construct, on a team level if not overall.