Shore up backup point guard position
As previously mentioned, in their first two games post All-Star break, the Boston Celtics’ bench has gotten off to a rocky start offensively. While he is by no means the main culprit for this unfortunate truth, Brad Wanamaker, the team’s primary backup point guard, has done nothing to help his cause to stay in said position.
In these two games the 30 year old sophomore has only managed to put up a combined eight points, four assists and five rebounds on less than 22 percent shooting from the field — shot a measly zero percent from the field in last night’s loss to the Lakers.
On the season, the point guard is averaging a not-so noteworthy 6.6 points and 2.6 assists to go along with a shooting percentage of 43 percent from the field and 38 percent from downtown. He has shown on countless occasions an inability to run an offense — which is big when it comes to the second unit of a team with such high hopes as the C’s — and, when replacing Kemba Walker with him to give the starting guard time to rest, the team often looks lost and discombobulated.
We’ve been saying it for a while now: the Boston Celtics should consider finding a replacement for Wanamaker through the buyout market. With Thomas’ interest in a potential “Title Town” reunion, one could argue he would be a fantastic option to fill in as the team’s primary backup point guard.
As seen in the previous slide, IT is clearly an upgrade statistically over Wanamaker. Add this to the fact that he has proven capable of leading, not just a unit but an entire franchise and you have little reason to doubt he’d be a fantastic fit for Boston as their primary backup for Kemba Walker.
He’s only proven to excel in a Brad Stevens run offense. What’s the harm in replacing Wanamaker with the former face of the franchise?