The Boston Celtics that you have gotten used to watching in previous seasons no longer exist. Okay, that's a tad dramatic, but the C's identity of playing outside the arc, not shooting free throws, not letting opponents shoot free throws, protecting the paint and the rim obsessively, and slowing things way down might not be applicable with the current roster. The new-look C's can't play the same style as the old-look C's and expect things to fall into place.
Zach Lowe of The Ringer talked about Joe Mazzulla's "extreme" play style and why it may not behoove this version of the Celtics, saying:
"Stylistically, I have some confusion.