Boston Celtics: 3 potential benefits to signing Isaiah Thomas

Boston Celtics benefit No. 3) More options behind Kemba Walker

All season long, one of the biggest storylines pertaining to the Boston Celtics has revolved around Kemba Walker and, more specifically, the state of his overall health.

After enduring nagging knee injuries throughout the second half of the 2019-20 season and into the playoffs, the All-Star point guard received a stem cell injection in his left knee during the offseason which forced him to miss the first month of action in 2020-21.

Since making his return to the court on January 17th, Walker has produced at an up and down rate all year but has seemingly kicked it up during this recent winning streak, averaging 17.3 points, 7.3 assists, 6.7 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game.

However, despite this recent surge, the Boston Celtics must still be wary about the state of their point guard position for, if he were to reaggravate his knee — which is certainly not out of the question — the backup options on the depth chart are Payton Prichard who, though he started off his rookie campaign hot, has fizzled out a bit since, and Tremont Waters who has played a total of 112 minutes on the year and has spent a large portion of his NBA career in the G League.

Having a former MVP candidate as well as the team’s own former franchise floor general as their backup would be a nice luxury to have moving forward.