If the Boston Celtics are to challenge for the 2020 NBA championship, it’ll be offensive balance that carries them as much as it is their star power.
CelticsBlog contributor Arjun Balaraman made a fascinating discovery, one he pointed out in his recent piece on the balance of Boston’s four stars:
...the Celtics real strength comes in the depth of their 2nd to 4th options. The combined 58.9 points per game that the Celtics receive from the trio is the second most of any team’s 2nd to 4th options since 1995, only trailing last year’s version of the Golden State Warriors, who topped the leaderboard by getting nearly 64 points a night out of Steph [Curry], Klay [Thompson], and Draymond [Green] behind Kevin Durant’s 26 points per game.