The NBA’s pre-bubble transaction window opened Tuesday and teams can now tinker with their rosters before 22 teams relocate (fingers crossed) to Orlando to finish the 2019-20 season at Mickey Mouse’s house.
The Celtics, you’ll remember, let the trade deadline pass without activity then, once Marvin Williams elected to sign with Milwaukee, didn’t pay much mind to the buyout scrapheap. Still, the question returns anew on the ramp back to basketball: Do the Celtics need to upgrade their roster before the restart?
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Boston is at the 15-player roster limit and would need to waive a player in order to make a move (we broke it all down here) Unless there’s an injury or someone elects to sit out the bubble, we’d say it’s unlikely the Celtics make any sort of move but this is certainly a unique situation where every bit of depth could help along the way.
Let’s look at the familiar names that might be available and ponder their fit.