The Boston Celtics’ rumored free agent Marcus Smart replacement, Patrick Beverley, is someone that Boston.com’s Chad Finn is “out on” — with the recently traded Monte Morris being someone he would’ve preferred before the Washington Wizards traded him to the Detroit Pistons.
“I am out, adamantly, on the idea of Patrick Beverley, a cheap, inauthentic Smart facsimile,” Finn wrote. “I was in on prying Monte Morris and his career 5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio away from the Wizards before he was reportedly dealt to the Pistons for a second-round pick.”
With the trade of Smart and the desire for the Cs to trade away Malcolm Brogdon, there is definitely a need at point guard for the team this offseason after having an overloaded backcourt during the 2022-23 season.