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The Celtics’ Free Agency Disaster Delights NBA Twitter
After the 2017-2018 NBA season, everyone thought that the Boston Celtic will develop into a serious contender for years to come.
These young Celtics had been one of the biggest success stories of that season.
A young team that lost both their All Stars, Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving, who both underwent season-ending surgeries, made the Conference Finals. Boston’s young core (Tatum, Brown, Rozier) played brilliantly and made the fans almost forget about Irving and Hayward.
This season, with the two stars healthy and playing again, everyone expected the Celtics to be the East’s top dog and the start of them being a contender for many years. But in reality, the team was struggling all year long. Even worse for the franchise and its fans, as of now, the Celtics appear to be far from being a contender in these next few years.
The Celtics simply outplayed themselves and valued their draft picks more than acquiring another star that could have helped them in their quest to win an NBA title for he first time this decade.
Now, the team’s All-Star players will likely leave. Kyrie Irving has declined his player option and is expected to join one of the teams in the Big Apple. But he’s not the only one.
Al Horford has also declined his player option and apparently is no longer talking to the team about a deal. He will likely be looking for a four-year deal from another team.
The Boston Celtics imploding at the start of the 2019 NBA off-season, has brought joy to many on NBA Twitter, check it out.
how long are we slandering the celtics for?? pic.twitter.com/Daz3iuVG6e
— Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) June 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/JustinLever2/status/1141133237915463683
My Doomsday Celtics roster is still in play! https://t.co/w4odjkO7Lb pic.twitter.com/MNjovo4HP1
— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) June 19, 2019
When I see tweets showing the Celtics imploding pic.twitter.com/6GCbdmXNmX
— Ryan Cortes (@Ryan_Cortes) June 19, 2019
Have no fear, Celtics fans. You now have enough cap space for a max free agent, for that historic free agent destination known as Boston, MA. https://t.co/7yGB1LV9vN
— nick wright (@getnickwright) June 18, 2019
The Celtics about to lose Kyrie Irving AND Al Horford? pic.twitter.com/V27hbVGWg0
— SNY (@SNYtv) June 18, 2019
Celtics fans looking at their roster after Kyrie and Al Horford leave pic.twitter.com/j1TarfEEXW
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) June 18, 2019
Lol look at this frontrunner jumping from the Celtics bandwagon to the Clippers. Can't wait til the Clips miss out on Kawhi. https://t.co/Y608JvUusU
— Brian (#1 Max Christie Fan Acct) (@RunTheJules) June 19, 2019
To think the one superstar trade that Ainge actually pulled off left the players with a general sense of distrust toward the Celtics pic.twitter.com/RJsuezjFc4
— Redacted in the mode (@itsneeks2) June 18, 2019
Rough week for the Celtics:
– No AD
– Kyrie's likely leaving
– And uh … Al Horford's apparently leaving too pic.twitter.com/hpIzxs7kgo— SB Nation (@SBNation) June 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/KofieYeboah/status/1140035689444257793
The Celtics have been more obsessed with winning trades than winning titles. That's how they got themselves into the situation they're currently in. They can't see the forest from the trees. https://t.co/ekTZG8h3Hs
— Laker Film Room (@LakerFilmRoom) June 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/jayoczon/status/1141159592191127552
"You hear that Celtics news? Man, you just HATE to see something like that happen to Danny" pic.twitter.com/dc4J4EsuhJ
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 19, 2019
The Celtics are falling apart and I’m absolutely here for it
— Matt Gambardella (@MGambardella13) June 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/danfavale/status/1141136114482384897
