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Justin Quinn

Grading the Boston Celtics’ offseason moves at the quarter-point of 2023-24

The Boston Celtics had one of the NBA’s biggest offseasons over the summer, pulling off multiple major trades that totally reshaped the team around the Celtics’ two star forwards Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. Boston was not the only ball club making major moves, with the Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, and other teams making consequential trades, but the Celtics seem to have made the most impactful deals over the summer based on the early returns from the 2023-24 season.

Still, it is far too early to say how Boston has done compared to the rest of the league definitively, but we have a rough outline of how the Celtics’ offseason moves have gone.

And to such an end, Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes has graded the NBA’s offseasons for every team in the league — let’s see how he is rating Boston’s.

“The Boston Celtics did more than their share of transacting over the summer, but the most consequential moves were in the trade and extension departments,” writes Hughes.

“Of the new players whom Boston signed, Oshae Brissett currently comes closest to being a rotation piece. But he only appeared in eight of the Celtics’ first 20 games. Kristaps Porzingis’ calf injury could open up some minutes in the frontcourt, but Brissett might not be the one to benefit. He’s 1-of-9 from 3 and has three times as many fouls as field goals on the season.”

“With that said, it was still a nice piece of business by Boston to land a 25-year-old combo forward for $4.6 million over two years,” adds the B/R NBA analyst.

“Banton and Mykhailiuk are firmly set as the Celtics’ 11th and 12th men,” notes Hughes. Neither seems likely to climb over Payton Pritchard, Luke Kornet, Sam Hauser or even Brissett in the pecking order, which should be the expectation for guys on dirt-cheap deals.

“The Celtics’ offseason trades left them thinner behind their elite top six, but it’s hard to argue any of their free-agent pickups has earned a shot at serious court time.”

GRADE: B-

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