The Boston Celtics have made astronomical strides this season, nobody saw the C’s making the Playoffs but man did they do it. Danny Ainge was a genius for getting Isaiah Thomas on the trade deadline, which was possibly the best move of the whole day.
But now that they’re officially recognized as a Playoff team, they must keep that up. And to do that, they need to get busy in terms of trading and free agency. Assistant general manager of the Celtics Mike Zarren has said to the Boston Herald that they’ll be very active in the coming months.
“We’ve got a lot of opportunities to do something significant this summer,” said Zarren. “There’s going to be a lot of good free agents. We could move up in the draft. We’ve got assets of every kind that other teams like.
“It’s too early to really know what’s going to happen — the lottery hasn’t even happened yet — but we’ll be very, very active in all phases of front office work this summer.”
If they get one or two great players in the free agency market like a Wes Matthews or DeMarcus Cousins, consider them a Playoff team. They’ve impressed me so much this year, Brad Stevens has done such a great job, I can only see this team going up.
