Why the Boston Celtics should feel optimistic about the future: This season was likely an anomaly
There’s a good chance that everything that happens this season will be viewed as an anomaly. It was a 72-game shortened season and the league jam-packed a regular season in three and a half months. That’s not normal and likely, at least in part, why we saw so many injuries this season.
Every team that made a deep run in the playoffs last year in the restart bubble has struggled this season, in addition to the Celtics. So it’s no surprise that Boston is struggling at the latter portion of the season.
Boston is fine and should rebound heading into next season (which will hopefully look more like a usual regular season). The Celtics need to continue to build, improve around the edges, and there’s no question that this team will be back in contention in the East next season.