After elevating to president of basketball operations, Brad Stevens made the decision to trade Kemba Walker for year-old Al Horford in the quest for financial flexibility. Horford has been spectacular at just about everything but shot making. Stevens and the Celtics also elected to let Evan Fournier walk away and used the remainder of the Gordon Hayward trade exception to snag the offensively inconsistent Josh Richardson.
The Celtics leaned hard into being a defensive-minded team and heaped a bunch of offensive responsibility on the plates of Jayson Tatum and Brown. But even as Boston adopts a defensive identity with improvements over the last eight games, the offense has lagged well behind. Schroder, Tatum, Richardson, Horford, Smart, Pritchard, and Nesmith are a combined of on 3-pointers this season. The Celtics simply need more shooting. The Celtics are left crossing their fingers on two things: 1 Better health, and 2 Water finding its level.
Richardson has earned his playing time with his defensive intensity but his 3-point shot remains as streaky as advertised during recent stops in Philadelphia and Dallas. Only Romeo Langford 45 percent is higher among regulars, but had only 20 attempts. And these Celtics desperately need something to jolt their sputtering offense. Skip to content. Download it for iOS or Android — and sign up for alerts.
NBC Sports. College Football Playoff 16 hours ago. Patriots 16 hours ago. Count the missed takes. Chris Forsberg. This article tagged under: Celtics. Back to Article. Take it in, use it for fuel, use it for motivation to come back ready for Houston in two days. So the same question lingers that we repeatedly asked last season: Are the Celtics willing to put in the effort to change their bad habits? Al Horford called the amount of offensive rebounds allowed "unacceptable. They're being honest.
Too many mental mistakes, too many lulls in intensity. And nobody wants to go through another season like that again.
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