NEW ORLEANS — Joe Mazzulla spent training camp and the preseason emphasizing one message: Don’t read into the starting lineups. “Zero,” he said before the Celtics’ first preseason game in Memphis. “I'll save you some time.”
Through four regular-season games, that’s been the truth. There have been four staples: Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, and Neemias Queta. The fifth slot has been a rotating cast.
Sam Hauser earned the nod in each of Boston’s first two games. After an electric night at Madison Square Garden, rookie Hugo Gonzalez started against the Detroit Pistons. And on Monday, Josh Minott got the call-up in New Orleans.