2018-19 Finish: 48-34

Season Highlight: Making the playoffs as the 8^th seed, even though they had players constantly injured or underperforming.  Boston has been a force behind GM JMac during his entire tenure in the NLL.

 Season Lowlight: The Celtics not getting deep enough in the playoffs must be a let down, when they were in the finals or conference finals most of the last few seasons. 

Best Trade:    The Boston Celtics send Nene Hilario and Kevin Durant to the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls send Stephen Curry to the Boston Celtics.
The Boston Celtics send a 1st-Rounder (Bos) and 1st-Rounder (Min) to the Chicago Bulls.

An injured KD, who will miss all on the 19-20 season, and an aging Nene, plus picks for one of the best players in the game.  The Celts continue to mortgage their future to play for the present, but at least Curry is locked up for a long time.

Worst Trade: The Boston Celtics send Paul Millsap to the Denver Nuggets. The Denver Nuggets send Tristan Thompson and Andre Roberson to the Boston Celtics.
The Denver Nuggets send a 1st-Rounder (Den) and 2nd-Rounder (Pho) to the Boston Celtics.

Millsap was better than both Thompson and Roberson combined.  Roberson never really played last year and Thompson is a niche player. 

Other Notable Trades: The Boston Celtics send Tristan Thompson and Marcus Georges-Hunt to the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat send Joe Ingles and Jevon Carter to the Boston Celtics.

Ingles was expected to right the ship for the Celts, but didn’t really fit well enough to be a great trade.

The Boston Celtics send Tyreke Evans and Kyle O'Quinn to the Orlando Magic. The Orlando Magic send Jonas Valanciunas to the Boston Celtics. The Boston Celtics send a 1st-Rounder (Den) to the Orlando Magic.

Dumped the deteriorating Evans and underperforming O’Quinn and got a top notch back to basket big man in return.  It was this or Curry for best trade.

The Boston Celtics send Wayne Ellington, Bismack Biyombo and Andre Roberson to the Utah Jazz. The Utah Jazz send Chris Paul and Khem Birch to the Boston Celtics.
The Boston Celtics send a 1st-Rounder (GS), 2nd-Rounder (Orl) and 2nd-Rounder (GS) to the Utah Jazz.

Another solid pick up. Paul is aging, but is still an elite NLL PG.  Ellington is a nice player but can’t sway a game like CP3.

The Detroit Pistons send Nene Hilario to the Boston Celtics. The Detroit Pistons send Noah Vonleh to the LA Lakers. The LA Lakers send Marcus Morris to the Detroit Pistons. The Boston Celtics send a 2nd-Rounder (LAC) to the LA Lakers. The Detroit Pistons send a 2nd-Rounder (NY) to the LA Lakers.

2^nd rounder for Nene to be a backup… not bad.

The Boston Celtics send Danny Green to the Washington Wizards. The Washington Wizards send Jeremy Lin to the Boston Celtics.
The Washington Wizards send a 2nd-Rounder (Orl) to the Boston Celtics.

Green was better overall than Lin, but this was a trade for need, with PG injuries.

The Boston Celtics send Pau Gasol and Patrick Beverley to the Sacramento Kings. The Miami Heat send Bismack Biyombo to the Boston Celtics. The Sacramento Kings send Mike Muscala and Joe Ingles to the Miami Heat. The Boston Celtics send a 2nd-Rounder (Pho) to the Sacramento Kings. The Miami Heat send a 2nd-Rounder (LAC) and 1st-Rounder (Mia) to the Boston Celtics.

Traded for a backup C, but he underperformed.

            The Boston Celtics send Darren Collison and Dakari Johnson to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Minnesota Timberwolves send Etwaun Moore and Cameron Payne to the New York Knicks. The New York Knicks send Pau Gasol to the Boston Celtics. The Minnesota Timberwolves send a 1st-Rounder (Min) to the Boston Celtics. The Minnesota Timberwolves send a 2nd-Rounder (Min) to the New York Knicks.

Man, the Celts make a lot of trades :p

The Boston Celtics send Skal Labissiere to the Golden State Warriors.
The Golden State Warriors send a 1st-Rounder (SA), 2nd-Rounder (GS) and 2nd-Rounder (GS) to the Boston Celtics.

Great value for a guy not even worth a 1^st.

Free Agency:

Jonas Valanciunas – Fully expect the Celts to resign this guy.

Jeremy Lin – Should not waste their time.  Linsanity has died.

Vince Carter Roster filler at this point.  Likely walks.

James Ennis – Good player, but role player only.

Khem Birch – Young project. JMac likes him tho.

Tyler Lydon – Likely lets walk.

Star:  Kevin Durant

One of the top 4 NLL players, and he continued to be elite last year.  He carried the Celtics with an astronomical 40 PPG.  He is the reason Boston was relevant, even with all the issues last year.

Goat: Tyreke Evans

Played only 21 games, and was an integral part of the 2017-18 team.  His inability to get/stay on the court drastically affected the ability for Boston to change up things.  Many trades were made to overcome this guy.

Draft Grades (from Insider): N/A

Boston tends to trade away picks for proven talent.

The Future- playoff bound

Boston continues to flip most of the roster, but a strong starting unit of Steph Curry, Josh Richardson, Kyle Kuzma, Serge Ibaka and Jonas Valanciunas will keep the Celtics as a team to worry about in the East.  Iguodala will be a good 6^th man, but Boston will need to get some impact players in free agency to be more dangerous come playoff time.