Sam Hauser, Svi Mykhailiuk can leverage shooting into offensive connection for Celtics

BRIGHTON, MA – With the depth-sacrificing moves they made this summer, the Boston Celtics has put a lot of pressure on their remaining role players. Guys like Sam Hauser, Payton Pritchard, and Luke Kornet would have to step up, while new signees Oshae Brissett, Lamar Stevens, and Svi Mykhailiuk could be thrust into larger roles.

All of the supplementary pieces Boston employs have very specific jobs on the court. Pritchard is a backup ball-handler and shot creator, Kornet is a quality big who understands the minutiae of Boston’s system, and Brissett and Stevens are athletic defenders. And then there’s Hauser and Mykhailiuk.

Hauser stepped into an every-night rotation role for the Celtics last…