Boston Celtics: 3 positive predictions for what will happen this offseason

Boston Celtics positive prediction No. 2) The Jays will stay intact

As we stated in the previous slide, the Boston Celtics need to make a high-impact move this summer to thrust themselves back into the upper echelon of the league’s elite teams, and we at the site believe they will ultimately wind up making such a transaction.

That said, difference-makers can be attained in many different shapes and sizes and, while we are not necessarily opposed to seeing a blockbuster deal take place, one would likely come at the expense of one of their building block youngsters in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown which, obviously, is not something the team wishes to do.

With this, our second positive prediction for this coming offseason is that, come the start of next year’s regular season, both the Jays will still find themselves suiting up in green and white threads.

Proving capable of flourishing alongside one another, this past season both wings were selected to the All-Star game down in Atlanta where, for Brown, it was his first appearance and, for Tatum, his second.

On the year, together both wings went on to average a combined 51.1 points, 13.4 rebounds, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game.

While the year didn’t pan out quite the way fans expected, by no means was this the fault of their two stud cornerstones. In fact, as one may have expected, with this duo on the floor together the Celtics saw positive +/- ratings in virtually every statistical category.

Though some of us may agree with former Boston legend, Cedric Maxwell, with his belief that the team should consider the idea of trading one of their star wings this offseason to better fill out their roster and position themselves for a run at glory, ultimately such an idea must be met with an absolute banger of an offer.

Unless someone of Damian Lillard’s talent is on the table — and, to some, this might not even be enough of an incentive to split the dynamic duo up — we can almost guarantee that the Jays will remain intact this offseason.