Boston Celtics: 3 free agents Cs should have pushed harder for

Player Boston Celtics should have pushed for No. 2) Rudy Gay

As we mentioned earlier, the Boston Celtics already went about and landed arguably the biggest steal, not just for their personal offseason but, rather, in the entire league with the signing of Dennis Schroder to a one-year, $5.9 million contract.

With this move, they brought on a player who can come in and help fix their offensive woes off the pine, particularly in the scoring department as the Cs ranked just 28th in points per game this past season.

That said, though Schroder is a sound offensive talent who will certainly be a plus for the team in this department, Boston still finds itself lacking when it comes to more reliable scoring punches off the pine, specifically at their wing position where their most utilized options to have come in and replace the likes of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are Aaron Nesmith and Romeo Langford.

For a team looking to vie for contention during this coming campaign, this should not be viewed as a recipe for success, which is why bringing on a veteran player at the position would have been a great move for Stevens to have made, and Rudy Gay could have been the perfect option to have pursued.

A 15-year veteran who’s made a career for himself being known as a scoring aficionado, the 35-year-old is still proving to be a quality bucket getter in this league coming off of his fourth season in San Antonio where he posted per-game averages of 11.4 points and 4.8 rebounds on 38 percent shooting from deep whilst coming off the pine.

With their cap restraints, it was a well-perceived notion coming into free agency that the Cs were going to have to either get lucky with a high-potential player on a low-cost contract or scour the market for savvy and relatively cheap veterans that could come in and fill a much-needed role for the team.

Gay would have certainly fallen into the category of the latter and, in turn, would have helped round out the team’s wing rotation behind the Jays.

Instead, however, the Cs seemingly made no strong push to sign the veteran and, in turn, he wound up landing in Utah to likely fill the same role with the Jazz at an average salary of $6.18 million for the next three years.

At such a low price, Boston could easily have snagged the vet and, frankly, we believe they should have tried a bit harder to make this union a reality.