Celtics fire sales? Jayson Tatum injury could ask for an impact

Jayson Tatum torn Achilles tendon from game 4 of the semi -finals of the Eastern Conference signals an unforeseen page for the Boston Celtics and could start as soon as this upcoming off -season.

The team is staring at an unlikely 3: 1 deficit of the series, which was communicated by the New York Knicks, so that game 5 could mark the end of Celtics 2024-25 on Wednesday evening. This means that not only the end of Boston's title repeats or the last time we will see from Tatum this season. It could also trigger a wave of change in the entire organization, which would only facilitate the potential excretion in the second round by the Knicks in the coming months for the front office and the property of commission.

On the street, organizations all over the league are already expected that the Celtics will be organized a farm out of TD Garden.

“Even before Tatum's injury was injured in the first round, there was an NBA manager from another team that said to me that he was expecting a big change with the Celtics, no matter what happened this season,” said Marc Spears from ESPN. “And I expect this case to be the case if you have a salary statement in which you have five players who earn at least 28 million US dollars or more, two superstars who earn $ 50 million or more. And I will tell you which two teams I keep in mind for a few of these boys. is quite satisfied, but you will also explore trades.

The owner group needed a lot of financial commitment and trust to reconstruct Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens two years ago. Stevens acquired Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday and then followed the first-class job of the team's championship in 2023-24.

Celtics, as the squad stood, are currently committed to the squad content of 228 million US dollars, which would trigger $ 238 million in luxury tax punishments. This is by the fact that Bill Chisholm's owner group is preparing that the sale of the franchise sale is aiming for approval of the league this summer. Therefore, there is an immediate challenge.

Tatum's heroic performance in the Madison Square Garden, which was overshadowed by the first major injury to his career, the Celtics 2024-25 set up a bigger problem: they are not prepared. Porzingis is still hindered by illness and has transformed it into a 7-foot auto-car chef on the pitch. Jaylen Brown was not able to follow Tatum's lead as a co-star instead of a below-average buddy, and the rest of the group was badly managed thanks to head coach Joe Mazzulla than every team Tatum and Brown. Self -sabotage days in its purest form.

The Celtics had their chance to build their case. When the organization had just considered that they had considered applicants as a replacement for Grousbeck, the closing of the changing room made the commitment to the profit. Well, this obligation have two parties, and those at the court did not stop their end of the bargain.

Boston should have already brought New York away, but instead, the crew led by Mazzulla demonstrated the worst characteristic feature of confusion: arrogance. Instead of committed to an offensive program to sweat the shit from head coach Tom Thibodeau, the Celtics have decided to conduct a stubborn 3-point hysteria. Tatum must not find the openings for teammates that he made last after season because Mazzulla treated the offensive like an arcade shootout, which is the gunshot, the opponent, and the situation awareness that is needed to be a champion.

You have to take the good and the bad when it comes to Mazzulla Ball, and the Celtics have decided to ride the ugly into the ground.

“Get ready for the next,” said Brown after game 4 according to CLNS media. “Get ready to fight. Get ready to get out on our home floor and do what we have to do. That is the goal. That is still the goal. We have enough in this changing room, so I believe in my boys.”

It is difficult to imagine that the Celtics reach the final of the conference, but it is more difficult to imagine that ownership does not react aggressively to the latest fumbling of the team.