Boston Celtics: Grading the C’s current roster by position group

Boston Celtics bigs: Al Horford, Rob Williams, Tristan Thompson, Moses Brown, Luke Kornet, Tacko Fall

While the Kemba Walker trade weakened the guard group, it also drastically strengthened the group of bigs on the roster.

With the acquisition of Al Horford and Moses Brown, not only did their big man depth increase dramatically, but it also changed the versatility of the group.

With Tristan Thompson and Rob Williams last season, the Boston Celtics had two centers who were more focused on rebounding without many offensive contributions.

However, with the addition of Horford, Ime Udoka now has a true stretch big at his disposal that Brad Stevens didn’t have last season.

With Brown, the Cs get a center who is much bigger than any other big they had last season.

Time Lord and Thompson are both below 6-10, while Brown is a lofty 7-2, giving the Celtics a player with true size who will actually provide solid contributions to the rotation (sorry Tacko).

Given Brown’s lack of mobility, he will most likely be more of a depth piece who won’t play a ton of minutes, which almost certainly means pending free agents Luke Kornet and Tacko Fall won’t be back next season.

That indicates that the big man rotation next season will most likely consist of three out of the four other guys in Horford, Rob Will, Thompson, and Brown.

Given Horford’s ability to space the floor and veteran leadership, and both Williams and Brown’s solid potential as young guys who can also significantly contribute next season, it seems likely that Thompson is the odd man out.

Thompson’s near $10 million salary can serve as a good money matcher, and also some contending teams could use Thompson as a solid center option.

Even with a trade involving Thompson, this group would still be good in my opinion, as it has solid versatility and depth.

However, the group can’t be considered an elite one because, along with Horford being at the tail end of his career, the Boston Celtics are still missing that truly elite big man the team and fans have been wanting for so long.

Grade: B