Boston Celtics: 3 bright spots from C’s disappointing start to 2021-22

Boston Celtics bright spot No. 2) Production from big-name acquisitions

A big reason as to why the Boston Celtics came into the 2021-22 campaign with so much hype and buzzed-about potential was largely due to the plethora of offseason moves that Brad Stevens and co. made.

Now, while many of these transactions have not panned out as initially anticipated, two, in specific, have actually proven to be rather beneficial for the team.

Those two moves: the additions of Dennis Schroder and Al Horford.

When Schroder was signed to a one-year, $5.9 million deal by the Cs this summer, it didn’t take all that much time for the media to deem it the free agency steal of the summer and, in a similar fashion, once it was announced that the organization was trading for Horford, it wasn’t long till people were expecting him to serve as a real difference-maker for the team.

So far, both of these aforementioned expectations have been lived up to.

On the season, both are posting solid per-game averages, with the point guard dropping 17 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 3.8 assists while the big man is putting up 13.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and a whopping 2.2 blocks all while predominantly serving in starting roles.

However, the duo has proven to be much more beneficial to this ball club than their counting.

Schroder continues to be a tremendous offensive initiator/ distributor and a steady tertiary scoring option alongside the Jays whilst Horford has been a real do-it-all difference-maker, be it from his defensive excellence (boasts a team-high defensive rating of 109 of those who have logged over 100 minutes) to his sheer veteran leadership.

While not all things go according to plan, for these two ballers they’re seemingly living up to their preseason expectations.