BREAKING: The Celtics’ offseason work thus far has earned them a brutal grade.

Although an NBA writer awarded them a low grade for their deals thus far, the Boston Celtics have made the huge changes that were anticipated during the offseason. The Celtics let free agent Luke Kornet depart during free agency and dealt away guard Jrue Holiday and centre Kristaps Porzingis.

Josh Minott, Georges Niang, Anfernee Simons, and Luka Garza were all added by Boston; nevertheless, their proven NBA output is lower than that of the players who departed the team. On the surface, Boston appears prepared to step back on the court due to the significant loss of talent, and Bleacher Report ‘D’ for the team’s offseason thus far, according to NBA writer Greg Swartz. “It’s been a rough offseason for the Boston Celtics as they’ve prioritised cutting payroll over upgrading the roster,” Swartz wrote in the piece. “Kornet left to go with the San Antonio Spurs, and it doesn’t appear that Al Horford will return in free agency. Garza won’t make much of a difference in Boston because the city is quite thin up front.

Veteran free agents looking to win have clearly avoided the Celtics given Jayson Tatum’s injury, although there are certainly big roles available at power forward and center.

“Minott is 22 and carries some upside yet wasn’t able to crack the Minnesota Timberwolves rotation the past three years. Celtics fans may want to hibernate this winter and hope for a brighter 2026.”

While the team lost talent for the immediate future, the Celtics needed to save cap space due to luxury tax problems.

Fielding a competitive team year after year is expensive for ownership, and the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement gives penalties to teams with massive salary sheets.

The Celtics were in a position to get those penalties, though the trades and money-saving moves give the team long-term salary relief and flexibility to get additional deals done.

With Jayson Tatum out for the upcoming season, the organization made the calculation that it was not worth keeping the team together. Now, they face the consequences since the team doesn’t appear good enough to compete for a title.