Are the Boston Celtics a better team after their offseason moves. They swapped, in effect, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams for Kristaps Porzingis and Jordan Walsh plus draft assets. They also tendered a massive extension to Jaylen Brown? Some analysts are not sure they are, including Yahoo Sports’ Dan Devine.
“I get the arguments for the Celtics’ overhaul,” writes Devine. “Porzingis, coming off arguably the best season of his career, provides a higher-end third offensive option for a Boston team whose point production often dried up when it wasn’t making 3s and which didn’t really have reliable ways to punish switches and mismatches inside.
