How many All Star selections should the Boston Celtics get?

The Boston Celtics have one of the best report within the league and will definitely be represented within the All Star sport in Indianapolis. The one query is simply what number of might be there. As Sam identified, the whole starting five showed up in the top 10 in voting (at their positions).

Clearly Jayson Tatum might be there, doubtless voted in as a starter. He has established himself as one of many premier gamers within the league and is quietly having an impressive 12 months.

Jaylen Brown is the workforce’s 2nd main scorer and can be the subsequent logical alternative. A few of his stats have fallen off (largely resulting from a gradual begin to the season) however he’s taking part in nicely throughout the context of the workforce.

Then there’s Kristaps Porzingis who has been a revelation for Boston. He serves as a deep menace, a roll menace, a put up menace, and a defensive hub. He’s doing a little bit of every part and giving the Celtics dimensions that they’ve been lacking.

Talking of doing a little bit little bit of every part, Derrick White is what I might name a celebrity position participant. He’s completely elite at doing all of the small issues that don’t all the time present up within the stat sheet (and some that do).

Lastly there’s Jrue Vacation, who has been an All Star up to now. He’s by no means been an enormous stats man, however is broadly thought-about the most effective defensive guards within the league (and underrated on offense).

Now as a lot as I’d like to see all 5 of them make the roster, sooner or later it turns into a numbers sport. There are solely 12 spots to go round for the entire Jap Convention and there are plenty of prime quality gamers within the East.

So to actually make your case, I might recommend naming the gamers you’d placed on the Jap Convention workforce (and maybe just a few names you’d pass over). it ought to be famous that accidents typically open up roster spots (get nicely quickly Tyrese Hailburton).

Maybe one other method to body this subject is to ask you to energy rank the Celtics within the order that you just assume they need to be thought-about. Above I ordered them primarily based purely on scoring common, however that’s not all the time one of the best ways to measure this stuff. Particularly on this workforce. Would you rank Derrick White forward of Brown? The place does Porzingis slot in?

One other be aware: As a result of Joe Mazzulla and his teaching workers went to the All Star sport final 12 months, they’re ineligible to educate the sport this 12 months.

So inform us how you’d rank the Celtics gamers for the All Star sport and what number of you assume ought to make it.