Afternoon Delight: Celtics just 1 player away from contending this season

After the Celtics created early 4th of July fireworks signing not just Luka Garza, but Josh Minott too Celtics nation is ecstatic with anticipation for the coming season. While fans and media members worry that after losing Tatum to injury, Holiday and Porzingis to salary dumping trades, and Kornet plus likely Horford to free agency that the team has no shot this coming season, reality is they are going to go ultra small ball with White, Pritchard, Simons, and Brown.

Oh, but what about center? Well that's why they are only one player away from competing. Nuggets waive Nikola Jokic, Celtics sign him to a minimum deal after no team has the cap space to absorb his contract, and voilà (or the Serbian equivalent) the Celtics are back in business.

Just 1 player away!

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