3 ideal buyout options the Boston Celtics must pursue

Boston Celtics buyout option No. 2) Tomas Satoransky

Looking at the reactions from fans across the twiterverse, a major displeasure they went on to voice about the transactions made by the Boston Celtics was how Stevens didn’t wind up bringing back any real difference-makers in the floor-spacing department and, in fact, even ridded themselves of one of their more trusty long-ball shooters in Josh Richardson on the day.

While we at the site are overall pleased with how things turned out in regard to the moves made, this is certainly a reasonable gripe considering that, prior to Thursday’s deadline, the C’s already ranked 23rd in the league in 3-point percentage and now, with the departure of Richardson (converted on nearly 40 percent of his deep balls) and the arrival of Derrick White (shooting at a measly 31 percent clip from distance) things are by no means expected to have gotten any better in this area.

Because of this, arguably the biggest need for this team to pursue via the buyout market is a quality long-range shooter, and recently acquired Spurs swingman, Tomas Satoransky, could be a solid option for the shamrocks to consider.

Though there has been no word on whether or not San Antonio is planning to buy the wing out, it would seem that this could be a rather realistic scenario, for they are focusing on a youthmovement and the 30-year-old clearly does not fit this mold in the slightest.

Should the two parties ultimately part ways, he’ll likely have several front offices interested in bringing on his services and the Celtics should easily be one of them.

Since 2018, Satoransky has established himself as one of the better 3-point shooting role players in the entire association, boasting a sound conversion clip of 36 percent.

On top of this, he has also proven to be quite a willing playmaker for his respective ball clubs (another attribute Boston could use within the rotation), as he’s averaged 4.5 dimes dropped a game during this same time span.

While 2021-22 has not proven to be his finest season by any means (2.8 points and 2.4 assists on just 16 percent shooting from deep), one could chalk this mediocre production up as being an anomoly considering his track record throughout his career coupled with just how poor the Pelicans (the team he was traded from prior to landing in San Antonio) have been as a whole.

Considering the position their roster finds itself in (i.e. without many effective 3-point shooting options), the Boston Celtics likely should view his lackluster play in this type of light, for they aren’t really in a position to be stingy when it comes to trying to bolster this area within their scheme that is in dire need of help.