After making it to within just two games of reaching their first NBA Finals in over a decade just a season ago, the Boston Celtics have seemingly played like a shell of themselves in this 2020-21 follow-up campaign.
What makes this all the more shocking is the fact that their two best players in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are having themselves phenomenal seasons and, even still, the Cs find themselves barely staying afloat.
Looking at the rotation overall, there are a few sore spots to be found which, in turn, has resulted in the rumor mill spinning away, as reports have surfaced, insinuating that Boston may be “up to something.”
The Boston Celtics could look to make moves between now and March 25th
Should this “something” be along the lines of looking to make trades, we at the Houdini are, and have always been, on board with such ideals.
That said, this team has played such a bad brand of basketball over these last several weeks, it must be stressed that not just any trade will work in an effort to get them back on track.
In our humble opinion, there are only a handful of players who believe can help fix this struggling Boston Celtics team.
Today, we present to you 3 of them:
Boston Celtics trade target No. 1) Myles Turner
The idea of the Boston Celtics acquiring the likes of Myles Turner is one as old as time for us here at HH and, now with the team’s struggles becoming more and more prevalent, we see the addition of the Pacers’ big man as being one that could help them in numerous areas of their game.
As we saw last season, the team needs to up their presence in the frontcourt if they wish to compete with the Bam Adabayos and Joel Embiids of the world once the playoffs roll around.
While they tried to bolster their frontcourt this past offseason by bringing in Tristan Thompson, ultimately he has not proven to be the combatant that Boston is looking for.
Turner, however, very well could be.
So far this season, the 24-year-old is posting averages of 13.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, and a league-leading 3.5 blocks per game on 50 percent shooting from the field and 33 percent shooting from deep.
Playing his way into the Defensive Player of the Year conversation, Turner has been out on a mission this season to prove he’s a defensive monster and that he takes pride in his efforts on that side of the court.
"“My drive this year pushes beyond rim protection,” he continued. “I want to show the league what everyone in Indy’s known for years now — that I’m a defensive anchor and I take pride in that.”"
Outside of Indiana fans, the Houdini has also seen and has been enamored with the sixth-year center’s play on defense for quite some time now.
Landing a tough-nosed, rim-protecting big who can space the floor and flourish without the ball in his hands like Myles Turner is a luxury to have, especially for a team trying to contend for a title.
Landing the 6-11 center would be an all-in move for the Boston Celtics to make, and we here at the site are all in on the idea.