Boston Celtics: 3 offseason regrets Cs are currently feeling

After a 2019-20 campaign that saw them come within two games of reaching their first NBA finals appearance in over a decade, the Boston Celtics have managed to follow things up with an impressive start to 2020-21.

Through 18 games, the team boasts a record of 10-8, placing them fourth in the Eastern Conference standings.

Two of their top stars in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — both of whom took massive strides forward last season — are having themselves career years, posting 25+ points, 5+ rebounds, 3+ assists, and over a steal per game on upwards of 48 percent shooting from the floor and 43 percent shooting from deep, and perhaps landed the steal of the 2020 NBA Draft in Payton Pritchard.

Yet, over a quarter of the way through the season, even with all these positives, it would appear that the Cs still may find themselves possessing some feeling of regret, specifically in regard to how their offseason played out.

The Boston Celtics should feel some regret regarding their offseason decisions

Though they managed to have a solid draft and nabbed veteran big & 2016 NBA Champion Tristan Thompson, when looking back at some of their decisions made we at the Houdini see 3 specific regrets the Boston Celtics must be feeling at this stage of the season:

(** Article was submitted prior to Tuesday night’s game **)

Boston Celtics offseason regret No. 1) Signing Jeff Teague

For a large portion of last season, and during the early stages of this past offseason, I was banging the proverbial drum calling for the Boston Celtics to pursue veteran point guard Jeff Teague.

As we all know, they ended up inking him to a deal to the tune of a one-year, $2.5 million contract.

At this point in time, while I’m not quite ready to eat crow, through 16 outings Teague has yet to have the impact I believed he would.

In 18 minutes a night, the point guard is posting averages of just 5.8 points and 2.3 assists on 32 percent shooting from the floor. While he has seen pluses in his long-range game, converting on 42 percent of his 3-point attempts, his overall offensive rating of 96 matches his career low (registered in his rookie campaign) and his -3.7 box plus-minus rating sets a new career low.

While it’s only just over a quarter of the way through the season, it’s hard to believe that Danny Ainge and co. aren’t second-guessing their decision to pursue the likes of Teague rather than someone like D.J. Augustin, Reggie Jackson, or, heck, even Trey Burke.