Boston Celtics: 3 superstars worth monitoring this offseason

Joel Embiid

Moreso than any other player on this list, Joel Embiid would solve the roster imbalance currently afflicting the Boston Celtics roster. Of course, a strength of the Cs is their wing-play, and one of the team’s strengths is its ability to score from the 3-point line, the mid-range and in transition.

If Ainge wanted to shift the team’s offensive strategy to include an elite post-player, though, Joel Embiid would be the perfect target to change the team’s philosophy on the more glamorous end of the ball.

Embiid could be the Shaquille O’Neal to Jayson Tatum’s Kobe Bryant, and his name is one of the only that should be mentioned when it pertains to a Jaylen Brown trade. Few players in the league can shift a team’s mentality into win-now like Embiid, and making a deal for him would certainly register as a seismic blockbuster on par with the deals for Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard the team didn’t make.

If the Boston Celtics wanted to form one of the league’s most dominant Big-3’s–while ensuring the ability to compete with potential superteams in Brooklyn, Miami or even Milwaukee for years to come–a move for Embiid would catapult them into the conversation for the leagues most star-studded team.