News, notes and observations while we wait for next year’s invitation to Michael Rubin’s White Party …
- Am I the only one who thinks the Celtics have had kind of a meh offseason? The agreed-upon sign-and-trade that will send Grant Williams to Dallas will net Boston a couple of second-round picks and keep the team below the dreaded second tax apron, but it leaves the Green perilously thin up front, dangerous when you consider Boston’s big men amount to two centers with injury histories (Robert Williams III, Kristaps Porziņģis) and 37-year old Al Horford.
Say what you want about Grant Williams—and based on my social media feeds a lot of Celtics fans were happy to see him go—but he’s a sturdy, versatile defender who shot 41.4% from three-point range before the All-Star break last season. He tailed off in the second half—some in Boston believe his looming free agency got in his head—and fell out of Joe Mazzulla’s rotation in the playoffs, but, at 24, Williams has plenty of upside and $13-ish million per season is not an overpay for a player with his skill set.
