BOSTON – The Boston Celtics have five All-Stars. Five players fully capable of putting up 30 points. Five players willing to sacrifice in order to play winning basketball.
Adding Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday this past offseason was a no-brainer move on paper, but in reality, it required a commitment from everyone on the roster. With new mouths to feed, the number of touches the stars were used to wouldn’t be there every night.
“It’s the most important thing,” head coach Joe Mazzulla said of the Celtics’ stars buying in. “I always talk about when you acquire a bunch of people, people like to say like, ‘Oh, just be yourself.