Boston Celtics: 2 players that need to be replaced in the rotation

Boston Celtics player No. 2) Grant Williams

The decision to put Grant Williams here may be a bit harder for some to understand considering how well he’s played and how efficient he’s been throughout the first couple of months of play.

However, while the third-year forward has certainly been a pleasant surprise thus far, we strongly believe that the Boston Celtics should consistently be looking to find an upgrade over him both from a positional as well as a contribution standpoint.

Essentially serving as a glorified 3-point specialist, Williams finds himself boasting career averages of 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and half a block per game on 51 percent shooting from the field and 43 percent shooting from deep.

The team’s most prominent long-range marksmen this season, when the 23-year-old is on and knocking down his looks from beyond the arc he’s been a real positive for Boston.

However, when he’s off, it’s hard for him to truly serve as a difference-maker due to his lacking agility, speed, and, most importantly, height (a 6-5 power forward, even in today’s NBA, is still rather shrimpy).

Because of this, we’ve been discussing the idea of looking to capitalize on his hot start and using him as trade bait for quite some time now and, in such a situation, it’s obvious that afterwords his position within the rotation would be up for grabs for any number of choices to potentially replace him within the frontcourt.

In order to secure a more well-rounded option, one who can knock down the open trey while also providing various other contributions, Grant Williams will almost certainly need to lose his current standing within the rotation.