Ranking the Boston Celtics roster into tiers

John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports One of my favorite things to do in the offseason is to take out a notebook and write out roster and try to make sense of it. Sometimes it involves predicting starters or rotation players. Sometimes I like to see how the vets stack up to the young players. Sometimes I’m just bored and want to kill some time pretending to be the coach or GM.

There are a lot of power rankings, over/unders, over-rated/under-rated lists, and team tier lists around the league. Those seem fun so I thought I’d try my hand at ranking the Celtics roster into tiers. This is useful because it outlines the flexibility available to Ime Udoka depending on matchups. It is also a nice way…