00:00So as for the Celtics, as they muddle along in the shadow of Victor Wembedyama,
00:05what is there to do?
00:07If you're not going to make a deal for Giannis, what will Brad Stevens do?
00:11Will he still try and trade Jalen Brown for another guy,
00:14or will he try and pick around the edges to make Brown and Tatum better?
00:18The easiest thing is to go after a frontcourt upgrade.
00:23It's obvious after the first round of the playoffs,
00:25their center rotation was not good enough.
00:29Namias Kata, you could say he was fine when he was on the floor.
00:32He couldn't stop fouling.
00:33And that's part of it in the playoffs.
00:35You have to be disciplined enough to stay on the court.
00:37You have to be disciplined enough to avoid fouls,
00:40even when Tyrese Maxey is coming at you 100 miles an hour
00:43and Joel Embiid is posting up at 310 pounds or whatever he is.
00:47You have to be disciplined enough.
00:49And behind him, Garza, a great innings eater during the regular season,
00:55wasn't ready for the playoffs.
00:57Vucevic, like, I guess he helped them avoid the tax,
01:02so that part of it, the trade was fine,
01:04but he wasn't ready for playoff minutes.
01:07And they just need a frontcourt upgrade.
01:10There are guys out there on the free agent market,
01:12maybe Mitchell Robinson, maybe a reunion with Robert Williams.
01:15They still have a $27.7 million trade exception to go after a guy.
01:19So that would be the easiest thing.
01:21And that's something I think they will go after.
01:24They will pursue for sure.
01:27Beyond that, like, I don't want to minimize what Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum
01:34have done together.
01:35They're one of the winningest duos now in NBA history.
01:38They've been to the conference finals.
01:39How many times they've been in the finals a couple of times.
01:42They won a championship.
01:44Like, I will not minimize what those guys have done
01:47and how many times they've gotten on the same page
01:50and how many times they've done it with all different types of teammates.
01:54So I wouldn't be in a hurry to trade Jalen Brown personally.
01:59That said, like, three of the last four years,
02:03they've had very shocking exits in the playoffs.
02:06And this one was very early, first round, against the 76ers team.
02:10It really wasn't that good.
02:12And so they do need to make some changes.
02:15I just don't know how big.
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