Boston Celtics: 2 surprise Cs that could see bigger postseason roles

The Boston Celtics find themselves in some relatively uncharted territory as we make our descent towards the NBA postseason.

While many believed the shamrocks would find themselves serving as top-tier title contenders during the 2020-21 season, what with the fact that they found themselves coming within just two games of attaining their first Finals berth in over a decade during the Lake Buena Vista bubble, the year has gone nowhere as smooth as previously predicted.

From finding themselves dip below .500 on numerous occasions and dealing with a bevy of health issues to now seeing them struggling just to hold onto the seventh seed in the standings — who had the New York Knicks being three spots ahead of the Cs by this point in the year? —, just about everything that could go wrong for this team has gone wrong.

However, even with this, barring any unexpected meltdowns during this final () game stretch of the season, it would appear that Boston is on its way to extending their play past the regular season, be it by attaining one of the top-six seeds and automatically clinching their seventh-straight playoff berth or through the newly established play-in tournament.

Because of this, like every team, the Boston Celtics will be seeing their rotation cut itself down for the league’s second season, and will likely have no more than eight or nine players regularly seeing time spent on the court.

While it’s essentially set in stone that the four of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kemba Walker, and Marcus Smart will automatically be heavily involved in said rotation, for the most part the remaining four or five slots are seemingly open.

Though we’ve already shared our thoughts on a couple of players we believe should not be involved in consistent postseason play, today at the Houdini we discuss 2 surprise players who could wind up making their way into the rotation: