I don’t want to be hyperbolic, but the Celtics are really good. In fact, they are closing in on being one of the best Celtics teams ever. If they win 62 games, which is a Mitt Romney-esque Conservative-ish projection, that would tie them for the 5th most wins in Celtics history. If they manage 64 wins, they’d be 4th. Stars alone don’t drive a team to that type of success, so today we are talking bench.
Stat of the Week: +11.9 net rating
Entering the season, the Celtics bench had questions. Maybe not as many as 50 Cent, but fans and analysts were rightfully skeptical about the bench’s ability to contribute to high-level basketball (outside of Al Horford, who is more like a 6th starter and perfect in most every way).