As Joe Mazzulla ponders who should be in the Boston Celtics’ starting lineup this season, there is one answer that should be more obvious than the rest: Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser, and Neemias Queta. Other combinations could help Boston throughout the course of each game, but those five should be on the floor at tip-off (at least to start the season).
Throughout the course of his tenure in Boston, Mazzulla has relied heavily on trust. This lineup would be the epitome of trust. All five guys were on the roster last year, and most of the other potential combinations would involve new faces who haven’t gotten the chance to play under Mazzulla yet.