Celtics Summer of Misery might affect Hawks moving forward...
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:05 am
It's been an eventful summer for Boston basketball.
First they make a run all the way to the NBA Finals, coming up 2 victories short of a championship.
They later have two key players mentioned in trade talks for Kevin Durant.
Lose their starting Center to injury for a few months.
And now suspend their Head Coach a week before Training Camp.
I do wonder what ripple effects all this turmoil might have around the league.
The biggest and most obvious: they are likely looking for a new head coach next summer. Boston is a real contender and would likely be the most attractive head coaching vacancy on the market should it get that far. In Atlanta, we've heard whispers that this is a make or break season for Nate McMillan. If we also dump our coach and are in the market for a new HC next summer, we might have to contend with one of the NBA's glamour franchises potentially stealing our preferred candidate.
A second, less obvious possibility to consider: Jaylen Brown has to be getting exhausted with all the drama surrounding that team. After being dangled in trade talks repeatedly in recent years, now his squad has a no-name interim coach with little experience leading their most important season in years. I can't help but wonder if J Brown might signal his intention to leave as a 2024 free agent because of the circus like atmosphere -- opening the door for ATL to swap him in trade somehow.
First they make a run all the way to the NBA Finals, coming up 2 victories short of a championship.
They later have two key players mentioned in trade talks for Kevin Durant.
Lose their starting Center to injury for a few months.
And now suspend their Head Coach a week before Training Camp.
I do wonder what ripple effects all this turmoil might have around the league.
The biggest and most obvious: they are likely looking for a new head coach next summer. Boston is a real contender and would likely be the most attractive head coaching vacancy on the market should it get that far. In Atlanta, we've heard whispers that this is a make or break season for Nate McMillan. If we also dump our coach and are in the market for a new HC next summer, we might have to contend with one of the NBA's glamour franchises potentially stealing our preferred candidate.
A second, less obvious possibility to consider: Jaylen Brown has to be getting exhausted with all the drama surrounding that team. After being dangled in trade talks repeatedly in recent years, now his squad has a no-name interim coach with little experience leading their most important season in years. I can't help but wonder if J Brown might signal his intention to leave as a 2024 free agent because of the circus like atmosphere -- opening the door for ATL to swap him in trade somehow.