No more excuses. No more waiting for the next big trade or the other shoe to drop. The Boston Celtics are a team that can contend now.
After an offseason filled with its fair share of surprises and more than a few emotional departures, the Boston Celtics have put together a team that by almost all metrics looks better than it did last season.
Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward and Al Horford are a formidable Big Three of star-level talent. Backed them up are solid rotational players like Marcus Smart, Aron Baynes, Marcus Morris, and Terry Rozier.