The Boston Celtics are in the midst of perhaps one of their most disappointing seasons in the last two decades, and, though they find themselves in the final week of action in the regular season, the hardships continue pilling on top of the franchise.
Most recently, news broke that Beantown will be without All-Star wing, Jaylen Brown, for the remainder of the year — including playoffs — as he sustained an injury to his left wrist that, ultimately, required surgery that involves an expected three month recovery period before he can return to basketball activities.
This downer following up the bevy of other ailments that have made their way around the C’s locker room all season long — including other physical injuries to various players and COVID-19 related issues — really is just the icing on top of this foul-tasting cake that has been the 2020-21 season.
Now, with a play-in tournament still to participate in — which we advise the team tanking away — Boston has a little while longer to go before they can head into the offseason and try to fix the many problems they’ve had all season long.
However, before they can get to fixing said problems, it likely would be wise of the franchise to try and pinpoint the causes of said problems.
For every effect in life, there’s always a cause, and we here at the Houdini believe there are a few specific individuals who find themselves at the root of the team’s problems.
Today, we present to you 2 members of the Boston Celtics we believe deserve the majority of the blame for the team’s overall lackluster campaign: