What do these Boston Celtics, this specific group of players, want to be remembered as?
The “Most Successful Celtics Team Since 2007-2011?” The “Team that Won the 2024 Championship Amidst Four Golden State Warriors Rings and Five Oklahoma City Thunder Rings?” The “Short-lived Superteam with an Impressive Wikipedia Page?”
I doubt that’s what they want. But losses like Friday night’s against the Sacramento Kings — without De’Aaron Fox, at home, with a fully healthy team, after two days off — certainly make me question what they want. Since December 21, the Celtics are a pedestrian 6-6, inspiring fear in absolutely nobody and showing zero competitive instinct beyond what their innate talent forces out of them.