Should the Boston Celtics run it back?

The NBA offseason is all the time a possibility for groups to reshape their rosters. With the brand new collective bargaining settlement, there could possibly be some seismic shifts within the panorama throughout the league. So there’s an opportunity that the staff the Celtics tip off with within the Fall might look vastly totally different than the one which simply misplaced within the Jap Convention Finals. Then once more, perhaps not.

Typically the best answer is to remain the course. Brad Stevens put this staff collectively to compete for championships they usually completed 2 wins brief final 12 months and 5 wins brief this 12 months. The vast majority of groups within the league could be glad to change rosters with Boston. So perhaps simply giving them one other roll of the cube is the precise selection.

Let’s pause to outline what “run it again” means. It means retaining the highest 8-10 gamers and filling out the again of the roster with draft picks or minimal wage guys. It means signing Grant Williams to a contract (or matching a contract he indicators elsewhere). If you wish to embody buying and selling Payton Pritchard for one more unproven participant or perhaps a future decide, that’s nice too. It additionally doubtless means Danilo Gallinari returns from damage and makes his debut in a Celtics jersey. Oh yeah, and I suppose which means giving Jaylen Brown a supermax contract as properly.

Joe Mazzulla shall be one 12 months wiser, he’ll have Sam Cassell and extra new assistant coaches (to be named later) to help him. He’ll even have a full offseason and coaching camp to arrange for the season. Possibly he’ll discover the right combination and get everybody on the identical web page.

Tatum, Brown, and others will proceed to work on their video games over the summer season. The staff should be sure that Al Horford and Robert Williams don’t put too many miles on their wheels subsequent season. Maybe by leaning extra on Muscala, Kornet, and even Gallo in small lineups.

In fact, the hazard is rolling out the identical gamers and seeing the identical errors made for one more 12 months. Doubtlessly losing one other 12 months of the core’s prime (and Horford’s coda). Additionally, I’ll absolutely disclose that I haven’t performed the maths on how a lot it will price to “run it again.” The stricter tax penalties don’t kick in until 2024-25, however there are tax issues this season as properly.

So what do you assume? Would you be in favor of working it again? Or would you be upset to see solely minimal modifications this summer season?