Through the early stages of 2021-22, it appears as though the Boston Celtics are once again heading towards another lowly campaign filled with disappointment and despair.
Despite having themselves a rather busy offseason, one that saw a bevy of roster tweaks and internal shakeups initially viewed as necessary actions, the shamrocks have gotten off to an uninspiring start to the year, boasting a record of 3-5, their worst start since 2014.
While there’s no way to spin this initial string of games in any positive manner, at the end of the day the truth is this season is still quite young, meaning Boston has plenty of time to try and make necessary adjustments in order to start moving in the right direction.
While there are some who believe said adjustments can be made from within, others are under the impression that this front office must consider bringing on some fresh new talents to help try and improve their lackluster play on the court.
Should they look to pursue the latter option, we at HH believe there are 3 trades they should strongly consider pursuing:
Boston Celtics take part in a simple TPE transaction for Terrence Ross
Over the past several seasons, the Boston Celtics have been constantly rolling out one of the worst second-unit offenses in the entire league, ranking 29th and 28th in points per game while also finishing off with the 20th and 23rd ranked offensive rating during both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, respectively.
This year, despite the fact that Brad Stevens and co. made some transactions over the summer to try and address this area within their rotation, their bench still appears to be a major weakness for the team overall, as they currently hold rankings of 26th in points per game, 22nd in field goal percentage (40.2 percent), and are dead last in offensive rating.
Because of this, the Cs should strongly consider making a move for a spark plug scorer to have ease the offensive pressures that Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown face, and we believe a smart and easy way of doing this would be to use their $17 million TPE on Orlando Magic wing, Terrence Ross.
A long-time favorite target for us at HH, the veteran would solve several problems found within Boston’s rotation, for not only would his scoring prowess help improve the team’s offensive production off the pine (averaging nearly 15 points per game on 36 percent shooting from deep over the past four years) but he’d also help strengthen the talent pool at the wing position which, behind their two All-Stars, is inarguably week.
Sending the rebuilding Magic a top-10 protected first-round pick and a future second-rounder for Ross could be enough to pique their interest and, in our opinion, would be a great move for Boston to make.