Boston Celtics: 3 biggest areas in C’s rotation that still must be addressed

Area Boston Celtics must address No. 3) Reliable bench scorers not named Dennis Schroder

Over the past couple of years, the bench unit for the Boston Celtics has been truly atrocious, specifically in the scoring department.

Since 2019-20 the Cs have found themselves ranked 29th and 28th, respectively, in bench points per game while also finishing each year off ranking 20th and 23rd in offensive rating.

To try and stabilize this area within the rotation, this offseason Brad Stevens and co. went about and snagged savvy veteran, Dennis Schroder, on a one-year, $5.9 million deal. A career 14.3 points, 4.7 assists, and 2.9 rebounds per game player, the German-born baller will undoubtedly be a tremendous asset for the Cs off the pine, likely serving as their sixth-man extraordinaire.

However, though Schroder coming aboard will certainly help the bench’s offensive production, one man can not completely turn this putrid unit around. It’ll take a collective effort for them to make our prediction of them becoming a top-5 bench scoring unit a reality, which means Boston must find a way to get other competent scorers running alongside him.

The hope is that guys like Payton Pritchard, Romeo Langford, and, specifically, Aaron Nesmith can step up and serve as these efficient complementary offensive weapons off the pine and, through these first few preseason outings, it appears that this is a real possibility.

However, should they feel as though these players are not enough to help stabilize the bench, the front office could look to the trade market in an effort to potentially use one of their many TPEs to snag themselves a competent scoring threat to join Schroder coming off the bench (a guy like Terrence Ross comes to mind).

Either way, the Boston Celtics must do their best to establish at least one more reliable scoring option within the second unit that’s not named Dennis Schroder.