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Lessons the Celtics can learn from these playoffs (Staff Roundtable)

3 days ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images What have you learned from the playoffs this year that could inform the Celtics offseason decisions? Mark AboyounOne thing the NBA playoffs reminded me of is that there are no easy games — no matter the matchup. A lot of fans preferred a series against the Knicks because Boston swept them in the regular season, but the playoffs are a different beast. If the Celtics hadn’t let Game 1 and Game 2 slip away, the outcome might have been very different.
I am The Trade Machine Moron

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images The following is a work of fiction and not at all what happens to me every year as the offseason begins. Ok, the season is over, time to shift into offseason mode. There’s a lot of work to do to make this team better, so let’s get down to business. Bill Simmons calls himself the Trade Machine Maestro. Surely I can do as well as he can, right?
Trade idea: Shedding Kristaps Porzingis’ salary in 3 team deal (from Game Theory podcast)

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

David Butler II-Imagn Images There are a ton of trade ideas floating around the internet, and not all are worth the effort of passing along (and frankly many aren’t possible under the rules of the current CBA). However, I thought it would be instructive to take a look at one of the more reasonable ideas I’ve seen. I heard this on a podcast called Game Theory with the great Sam Vecinie. Here’s the link to the specific Game Theory podcast on YouTube I’m talking about.
Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Joe Mazzulla, and other Boston Celtics mailbag answers

1 week ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Thank you once again for all the great questions to my open mailbag. There were a number of really good ones and a ton of trade proposals, which I want to get to soon. But a few well thought out questions floated to the top that I wanted to address first. Zolak’sclipboardJB is my favorite Celtic of the last 8 years, but as I look at how the tax aprons work, it increasingly seems to me that it is not feasible to construct a contender around two super max guys.
Boston Celtics abrupt offseason open mailbag

2 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images The Boston Celtics are (abruptly) in the offseason and this is shaping up to be (yet another) pivotal summer for the franchise. Between the team’s early exit, Jayson Tatum’s injury, the new ownership situation, and the CBA rules that are specifically designed to break up teams like the Celtics, we’re staring down a lot of changes to a team we embraced and celebrated. I tried to lay the groundwork for why those big changes could and perhaps should happen.
Which Boston Celtics guard is more likely to be moved this summer? Marc Stein has a projection

2 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Get ready for a long summer of NBA trade rumors circling around the Boston Celtics and their very talented but very expensive roster. It seems pretty clear that change is coming in Boston. The question remains, which players are most likely to be on the move (and who will the team prioritize keeping around)?
The case for the Boston Celtics taking a “Gap Year”

2 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports The season is over and everyone processes that differently. If you aren’t ready to move on from the games just yet, feel free to bookmark this for later. For those of us who cope by looking to the future, let’s now turn our sad eyes towards the offseason. A lot is already being said about the moves that the Celtics are most likely going to make this offseason.
The Jayson Tatum sized hole left in the Boston Celtics

3 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

David Butler II-Imagn Images As much as it seemed like the Celtics season ended as soon as Jayson Tatum was carried off the court, there’s still at least one game left to play. We’re about to get a taste of what life is going to be for the next year (or so) without him. Tatum’s game 4 was a reminder of just how important he is to this team. It wasn’t just the 42 points. It was also the 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 2 blocks, and generally being right where he was needed.
Is this the end of an era for the Boston Celtics?

3 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images There is no over-stating how devastating that loss was last night. Forgive me if this gets dark, but I had to process this by writing it out. Another epic collapse, punctuated by Jayson Tatum going down with what appears to be a serious (non-contact) injury. This goes beyond a gut punch. It is the worst case scenario and the sum of all our fears. A quick time-out here to put some perspective guard-rails on this. This is still just sports and all that.
The Boston Celtics can still win this series, but will they?

4 weeks ago | celticsblog.com | Jeff Clark

Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images The Boston Celtics are down two gut-punches to none in this second round series against the New York Knicks. In both games they led by 20 points and both times they couldn’t execute down the stretch. They aren’t done, this is a 7 game series. But they have reduced their margin of error significantly. On the optimistic side, I still feel in my heart of hearts that the Celtics are the better team.