We’ve already seen the primary 2017-18 Boston Celtics lineups in action during this preseason, so naturally, coach Brad Stevens took a chance to engage in some extended experimentation.
For this Oct. 9 exhibition vs. the Philadelphia 76ers, who the Celtics beat last Friday (110-102), Brad didn’t go full-madman–no Guerschon Yabusele/Daniel Theis starts–but rested Kyrie Irving, Al Horford and Gordon Hayward to offer a partial glimpse of a future Celtics core: Terry Rozier, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Aron Baynes. (Rozier might not still be around and Baynes almost definitely won’t be, but you see what I mean.) Boston led start to finish, by as many as 34, and the second-unit…
