Boston Celtics: 2 Cs who should NOT be a part of playoff rotation

Boston Celtics player No. 2) Grant Williams

During his rookie campaign, Grant Williams managed to capture the hearts of Boston Celtics fans with his tremendous hustle and impressive abilities to switch on defense when serving as the team’s small-ball center.

Perhaps one of the biggest gripes fans had with his game back in 2019-20 was his inability to hit the long ball, as he missed his first 25 total 3-point attempts and, on the season, converted on just 25 percent of his attempts from this distance.

To the delight of many, Williams has managed to improve greatly upon his shooting stroke from year one to year two, as he’s now one of the team’s most consistent 3-point shooters, boasting a shooting percentage of 37 percent on two attempts per game.

Unfortunately, however, just as soon as his floor-spacing abilities managed to show up, it would appear as though his aforementioned strengths are nowhere to be found.

Boasting a negative defensive box plus-minus rating (-0.1) while also being the holder of the worst overall box plus-minus on the team of those who have logged 1000+ minutes on the year, Williams has turned into somewhat of a liability on the side of the ball he once excelled at.

Until he proves he can recapture his rookie level of play as well as keep his improved shooting stroke going, we at the Houdini feel comfortable saying that if the Boston Celtics wish to give themselves their best chance of winning during this year’s postseason, this current version of Grant Williams should play as few minutes as possible.