Following a summer season of change that noticed a number of foundational items moved to different groups, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown talked in regards to the “new period” for the franchise throughout a latest livestream, per Noa Dalzell of Celtics Blog (hat tip to Real GM).
After a number of years as title contenders, Boston could fall into the center of the pack within the East, at the least for the upcoming season. The necessity to escape the second apron made cost-cutting strikes inevitable, and the Achilles damage that Jayson Tatum suffered throughout the playoffs accelerated the method.
The Celtics started the offseason by buying and selling Kristaps Porzingis to Atlanta and Jrue Vacation to Portland. One other member of the 2024 title group was misplaced when Luke Kornet signed with San Antonio, and free agent heart Al Horford seems to be headed to Golden State. Extra modifications might be on the best way because the group has a chance to duck under the tax threshold by trimming roughly $12M extra in wage.
“It’s a brand new period of the Celtics. It looks like a brand new period,” Brown mentioned. “… Half the group is gone. I want them the most effective. I recognize them. They have been nice teammates, so it’s type of unhappy to see them go. Nevertheless it’s a brand new period. Every part has type of modified and shifted. We’ll see what we’ve bought.”
Brown, who underwent an arthroscopic debridement procedure in June, additionally mentioned it has been a “nice therapeutic summer season,” indicating that he’s not bothered by the fitting knee points that plagued him late final season and into the playoffs. Docs mentioned he was coping with a partially torn right meniscus, and it was decided that surgical procedure relatively than relaxation was one of the best ways to make sure that he’s totally healed by coaching camp.
Brown and Derrick White would be the group’s solely holdover starters when the Celtics’ new season ideas off Oct. 22 in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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