Boston has only Neemias Queta and Xavier Tillman Sr. as experienced Celtics frontcourt players, with centers Luka Garza and Amari Williams the only other two bigs.

The Boston Celtics will look considerably different next season. Jayson Tatum is likely to be out for most, if not all of next season, Jrue Holiday was traded to the Portland Trailblazers, and the team has seen their frontcourt depth shrink considerably after trading Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks,

The Boston Celtics’ core as we know it has been shaken up recently. Following the second-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks and Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury, the Celtics were looking at an overly expensive team.

If the plan has always been to tank for the coming 2025-26 regular season while cutting costs as well, these moves make all the sense in the world.