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Robert Parish shares why he thinks the Celtics are struggling by comparing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown to Larry Bird

Former Celtics legends have a lot of thoughts on the current Celtics group, which is just 23-23 this season despite having two young All-Stars on the roster in Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.

A common theme among the criticisms on this Celtics group is that they need to upgrade at point guard. First, it was Bob Cousy, who stated that they needed someone to stabilize the offense. Now, it’s Robert Parish, who believes the team needs a distributor.

To diagnose the current day Celtics’ problems, Parish compared Brown and Tatum to his 1980s Celtics squad, which won three titles with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Parish as part of the “Big 3.