3 most underrated moves made by the Boston Celtics so far this offseason

These first couple of months of the 2022 NBA Offseason have been extremely action-packed from an overall league-wide perspective, but the Boston Celtics have easily been one of, if not the biggest winners of this specific time period.

After falling to the much more seasoned Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the C’s front office went about and seemingly addressed the vast majority of their weaknesses found within their runner-up rotation despite having rather limited resources at their disposal (most notably cap space).

Now, while the franchise has certainly been lauded by rival ball clubs, analysts, and fans alike for their incredibly successful offseason endeavors that, at least on paper, have better positioned themselves for a run at glory come 2022-23, we at HH actually believe that there have been some transitions made that have not exactly received the praise that they deserve.

Because of this, today we have opted to shed some light on 3 of the most underrated moves made by Brad Stevens and co. thus far this summer:

Underrated Boston Celtics move No. 1) Drafting JD Davison at 53rd overall

As we stated already, the Boston Celtics have managed to make the most of this offseason despite the fact that they have been extremely limited with their resources.

Lacking cap space has received the consensus top spot on the list of crippling limitations for the franchise this summer and, in all honesty, this placement is well deserved. However, a close second is their depleted collection of draft capital, particularly in the first round.

After having seen numerous top-notch selections in six of nine years starting from 2012, since 2021 Boston has been left without any first-round picks as a result of offloading these specific assets via trades made by the franchise over the last two seasons.

Having said that, even without this luxury, it appears that Stevens still managed to nab the C’s quite an intriguing young prospect late in the second round with the selection of JD Davison.

At 53rd overall, the shamrocks opted to take a swing at the Alabama Crimson Tide one-and-done guard who, during his lone season, showed quite a bit of potential as both a facilitator (led team with 4.3 assists per game with a highly impressive assist rate of 29.4 percent) and defender (finished third on team in defensive win shares).

During this year’s Summer League, the 19-year-old only continued to show flashes of brilliance in these aforementioned departments, leading the entire tournament with 8.2 assists per game while filling out the rest of his stat line with 13 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 1.2 blocks on 47 percent shooting from deep.

A late second-round pick producing at this type of level is incredibly promising, regardless of the fact that it may have “only” been Summer League.