While it wasn’t an offseason filled with fireworks, the Boston Celtics had a busy summer nonetheless. In his first couple of months running the team’s basketball operations, Brad Stevens swung four trades and made three free agent signings. All of Stevens’ early transactions served a twofold purpose: Improve the Celtics roster for 2021-22, while also cleaning up the team’s cap sheet moving forward.
Whether Stevens hit on the first goal remains to be seen, but he nailed the second one about as well as he possibly could.
Stevens first transaction was a sign of things to come, as he reset Boston’s roster almost immediately.