Expectations surrounding the Boston Celtics are as low as they’ve been in years. Many coined the 2025-26 season a “gap year,” after the Cs lost Jayson Tatum to a torn Achilles in May and then Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford, and Luke Kornet this summer.
Though the roster is different, the goal for head coach Joe Mazzulla remains the same.
“You've got to maximize the personnel in the roster that you have,” Mazzulla explained at Monday’s media day. “ So hopefully that's something that we'll do every year.”
That mindset applies to returning leaders like Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser, as well as newcomers like Chris Boucher, Anfernee Simons, Luka Garza, and Josh Minott.