Are the Celtics the favorites in the Eastern Conference with the arrival of Brogdon?

After coming very close to a new championship in 2022, the Boston Celtics are already thinking about what the next NBA season will be like and the management has moved very well with the aim of remaining a solid contender in the Eastern Conference.

First, the acquisition of point guard Malcolm Brogdon was confirmed, who arrives after changing Daniel Theis, Aaron Nesmith, Nik Staukas, Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan and a first-round pick in the 2023 draft to the Indiana Pacers. In addition to this, they would have reached an agreement with Italian Danilo Gallinari, who will sign as a free agent for the 2022-23 campaign.

This places the Celtics in a privileged position, since they kept their main figures and in the process added pieces to cover their offensive support needs, now counting on a very consistent point guard like Brogdon who has just averaged 19.1 points and 5.9 assists, in addition to a good three-pointer for his second unit as Gallinari with 11.7 points per game.

In this order of ideas, the starting quintet could be made up of Malcolm Brogdon, Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Robert Williams III, in addition to having Al Horford, Derrick White, Grant Williams and newcomer Danilo Gallinari as backup.