28 Minutes

by **NYCelt** Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:38 pm

28 minutes. That may be the biggest problem.

28 minutes is the total time the Celtics best four players have spent on the court together this season.

Tatum, Brown, Smart and Walker have 28 minutes of court time together.

It may be hard to fully identify the fix until they're all healthy and capable of being on the court as a unit.

Is this a championship roster? I believe the answer to be no. Depth is really bad if we're realistic and there is no denying a couple of bigs are needed who can defend and board.

The thing is the team may be much better than it has looked if the core four can get healthy and stay that way.

We all knew the first half of the season would be a challenge, so no big surprise here. Injuries just compound the situation.

Get the core four together and then I think we'll see the needed changes start to happen quickly. Given team history over the past 18 years, it's not a reach to picture a fairly major restructure this summer if the team slides to an early playoff exit.

But first, the team needs to get more than 28 minutes together from the core four.