On September 25th, Beijing time, today is the Celtics' team media day, the coach and many team cores have been interviewed by the media, and the most they say is that they want to complete the defense of the title, you must know that after 18 years, no team has ever defended the title, and the reason for this problem is that many teams cannot retain their core lineup after competing for the championship, and many players are like mercenaries, after helping the team to play results, they find their value, so they will ask for a big contract.
However, the team formed a strong team to complete the championship, and the salary pressure was already very great, and it was impossible for them to give an unreasonable salary, so it led to the loss of key players. It can be said that most teams have been unable to defend their titles in the past few years because of this reason, the Bucks lost Tucker, the Lakers lost Danny Green, the Nuggets lost Bruce Brown and Jeff Green, and the Celtics dared to defend their titles because they were different from other championship teams.
He retained the core roster this summer, and White, who expired under contract, got a four-year, 126 million contract, although he was only the team's fifth man in the starting lineup, but the Celtics knew his value and how much he could play, so Stevens gave him the biggest contract he could get. Although Tatum did not win such a big honor as FMVP, he is the boss of the team after all, so the team also gave a super cap salary extension of 315 million.
The league has only three 300 million contracts so far, and the Celtics account for two, so it is no accident that they can succeed, and the team is really willing to spend money. In addition to the core, they also gave contracts to some bench rotations whose contracts expired, such as Tillman, Kornet, etc., and the team also gave core rotation Hauser a four-year, 48 million contract, and the Celtics retained their core lineup, and also signed Lonnie Walker to supplement the depth of the roster.
As the defending champions last season, the Celtics retained the core lineup, they do look the most likely to compete for the championship, after all, they have successfully proven themselves last season, but it is not easy to defend the title, although they have retained the core lineup, but the opponent has also become stronger, the 76ers have brought in Paul George, Eric Gordon and Zhuang Shen this offseason, and the team's squad depth and star quality have been significantly improved.
The Knicks also created an exclusive lineup to beat the Celtics, they sent 5 first-round picks in exchange for Bridges, and the team formed a very terrifying forward lineup, their front line has Anunoby, Bridges, Randle and Hart, this defensive ability is estimated to make the double tanhua unbearable, and they also have Brunson and DiVincenzo two excellent scorers, the Knicks also have the strength to win the championship.
But in general, the Celtics may not be very afraid of the Knicks, after all, in addition to the double probe, they also have White and Holiday The team that the Celtics are most afraid of is the team with a super center, and the current Knicks do not, and Tatum also talked about this issue in a recent playoff interview, he once said that after the Nuggets were eliminated by the Timberwolves last season, they knew that they had won the championship, because the Nuggets were the team that could pose the greatest threat to them at that time.
Although Porzingis is also a star, everyone knows about Porzingis, his ability to fight is not good, if it weren't for this reason, the Mavericks would not have given up on him, and the current situation is that there are not many super centers in the league, so the problem of Porzingis's internal confrontation is not obvious most of the time, but when they meet Embiid and Jokic, then they can only be deflated, and the team also has an inside line is Horford.
The old Horford was really good when he was young, top defensive ability, and excellent spatial ability and adaptability, which is simply a panacea, but Horford is now old, his pace can't keep up, and his physical fitness is not good, even including Tillman and Cornet, who are renewed by the team, are okay in the face of the average center, and in the face of the top center, they are the existence of sending points, and the reason why the team renews them is because Porzingis is too brittle.
Porzingis talked about the current situation in an interview on today's media day, he said that he underwent ankle surgery in the offseason and is expected to return in December, he has too many injuries, which is also a big hidden danger for the Celtics to defend the title, Porzingis' spatial ability is indeed able to allow the Green Army to play their best on the offensive end, but the lack of defense and health risks will also affect their title defense.
And in the future, the salary space of the Celtics will explode, and it will be even more difficult for the team to form a dynasty, and now the team owners want to sell the team! Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Celtics? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.