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Markelle Fultz and Isaiah Thomas had the same coach. He knows they can be great, together.

Isaiah Thomas. Markelle Fultz.

Thinking about those two players, both point guards, as teammates makes some worry about redundancy on the Celtics’ roster. Others think about trade bait for Danny Ainge. Meanwhile, available minutes in Brad Stevens’ rotation might be another concern. But when Lorenzo Romar thinks about those two players, playing together in Boston, he doesn’t see potential problems.

He sees potential greatness.

“With the Detroit Pistons, with the Bad Boys, Joe Dumars and Isiah Thomas, both of them were complete guards,” Romar said while Thomas and the Celtics were playing in the Eastern Conference Finals.