The Boston Celtics were recently rated to have had the fifth-best offseason in the NBA by The Athletic senior writer David Aldridge. That is by most accounts a lower ranking than many assessments of what the Celtics did with their 2022 offseason, but still among the league’s very best.
Having lost prized signing Danilo Gallinari to an ACL tear may play a significant role in the drop compared to earlier assessments, but Boston still has starter-caliber reserve point guard Malcolm Brogdon on the roster as well as a bevy of potential third bigs in Mfiondu Kabengele, Noah Vonleh, and Bruno Caboclo. The team also may have found a diamond in the rough in JD Davison, their sole draft pick this season at No. 53.
