A few scattered thoughts on the unfortunately revamped Celtics while wondering if No. 42 goes to the rafters someday.
⋅ Here’s one of the truths that has become evident as a team which did everything right in building its championship core suffers through becoming the first systematically dismantled by the cruel parameters of the collective bargaining agreement.
Very, very few championship-contending teams will be allowed to have a learning curve going forward.
That’s too bad, because one of the most satisfying aspects of caring about a team is watching players — in the Celtics’ case, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — mature into champions.