
The more the Boston Celtics win this season, the less likely it appears to be that they will mess with what is working — and quite well, at that — for them as they lead the NBA in the early going of the 2022-23 season.
But there are always potential deals that could be a step forward even for a team this good, as well as swaps that could set up the team for the future to consider. And such trades might conceivably materialize once some teams around the league presumably begin to sell off assets in pursuit of a top lottery pick, though that is yet to happen.