Did the Boston Celtics have the best offseason in the NBA?

When a player the caliber of Kevin Durant becomes available, virtually every team in the NBA will make the call to see what is what with the Brooklyn Nets star, but only a few can truly afford to pass on such a prospective addition with the talent on their roster already a perhaps better bet for long-term success.

And it seems to be that the Boston Celtics believe the core that brought them to within two wins of the 2022 title is not worth breaking up to tender a serious offer for the Nets superstar forward. Instead, they pulled off one of the best trades of the offseason, added one of the better free agents on the cheap, and are now quite possibly the deepest team in the league as a result.

Did the Celtics sneakily have the best offseason in the league? The hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast got together with FiveThirtyEight’s Jared Dubin to talk all things Boston offseason, and where they stand in relation to the rest of the league.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire.

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