I don’t think he adds anyone else but a 2 way player. He will say he wants to keep options open for the trade deadline like he said last summer.
Problem is he made one move that really didn’t provide much of anything last deadline.
They need another 4 that is nba caliber. One that can score some off the bench.
Brodgan- when healthy a 20 ppg player. Has to get healthy and stay healthy
PP- shown flashes. Is he capable of running a team and consistently getting minutes?
Al/Rob- great bench pieces if they stay healthy
Brissett- limited offense. High energy, long might help defensively. Don’t expect a lot out of him on offense. I think he probably plays more than Hauser
Banton- towel waiver. If he’s in the rotation things are drastic.
Walsh- rookie. Plays in garbage time
Hauser- still waiting for the next step. Average defender that has one skill set and that is shooting the three. Not trusted by the coach as seen in the playoffs where Boston desperately needed shooting. I question if he is a regular rotation player. Needs to be like the guys the heat rolled out.
Kornet- waste of a roster spot.
That really leaves brogdan as the one guy off the bench that can score consistently. That’s scary.
I'd say fairly accurate assessment though I disagree on Kornet. However, regarding Brogdon you forgot to add that he's become a defensive turnstile. Your only other guard option after White is too short and gets attacked defensively by the opposition constantly in games that matter. I just think this team as is has serious problems getting stops when they are needed. And the head coach only adds to that problem.
You said above you think the team is worse, I don't see this. I think the starting 5 is much better, assuming White - Brown - Tatum - Porzingis - Williams. That unit is plenty good defensively also. Losing Smart hurts our back court defense obviously, but White and Brown can match up with any backcourt in the league. Getting back to starting 2 bigs again helps the defense and helps overall. We will always have someone big who can "protect the rim". We did not have that last season. And Porzingis gives us way more variety on offense as compared to Smart.
I think what you are reacting to is the perceived loss of bench depth. Our bench last year was Brogdon, Grant, Hauser, and when he was available, RWill mostly came off the bench. Kornet played 800 or so minutes also but I think that won't be needed with RWill not coming off an injury.
This year, the only real change is Grant is out, replaced with Brissett and maybe Walsh plays some non-garbage time minutes. Griffin and Muscala really didn't play that much. Right now, Kornet will more or less replace them.
Grant was a solid bench player and is a loss. I completely agree with that. But he was at best our 8th man and he can be replaced. I foresee our principal bench as Brogdon, Horford (Williams/Porzingis starting), Hauser, Brissett, Pritchard. Our "deep" bench as Walsh, Danton, Kornet, and probably someone other than Champagnie. I don't see that as a problem.
