I love seeing this wrtten out like this. Then iterating out options under each side.It's interesting; three different camps seem to be setting up here:
(1) The Celtics absolutely need more talent. And Brown and Tatum aren't as good as we like to think they are, through our green-tinted glasses.
(2) The Celtics need more talent, but mainly to complement Brown and Tatum. They're elite players, but they don't have the right supporting cast.
(3) The Celtics have enough talent, but they just need more effort/consistency/desire/whatever.
Here's an article that I would say is in the #2 group. Personally I think the answer is somewhere between #1 and #2, but mostly #2.
Under camp 1 we see things like
- Jalen + for Simmons
- Jalen + for Lilard
- Jalen + for Beal
- Move on from Smart and/or Schroder to a pure point guard/floor general
- Move on from Nesmith/Romeo for a plus 3pt shooter (more than just spot up)
- Move from starting two bigs to staggering Al / Rob
Under camp 3
- an ascending JT, JB and Scary Terry made a pretty good playoff run. Lets get back to that
- Future is now, we just need a 1B star to shift everyone down a wrung, 5 picks and swaps for ???
Glad I am not making the call on this. It may come down to whether they believe whether there is more headroom for the stars to grow into versus the role players.