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NBA Season Preview 2017-18: 5 ways everything goes right for the Celtics

By Matt Rutkowski

BOSTON - OCTOBER 2: Boston Celtics' Kyrie Irving, far left, and his teammates are pictured during the singing of the national anthem before the game. The Boston Celtics host the Charlotte Hornets in a pre-season NBA basketball game at TD Garden in Boston on Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
BOSTON - OCTOBER 2: Boston Celtics' Kyrie Irving, far left, and his teammates are pictured during the singing of the national anthem before the game. The Boston Celtics host the Charlotte Hornets in a pre-season NBA basketball game at TD Garden in Boston on Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) /
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The Boston Celtics might have a really good year. They seem ready for the present and for the future. The future is now. Or something.

How about those Boston Celtics, huh? That was a big offseason for them following a successful playoff run where they only lost a single Eastern Conference Finals game by 50 points. I don’t understand how basketball works, but I think this means they were only one step away from contending or something.

But these Celtics, not content with a single step, made more than one. They made three, I think. Possibly more.

  1. They traded for All-Star and multiple-NBA-Finals-reacher Kyrie Irving.
  2. They signed Gordon Hayward from a little-known state called Utah.
  3. They drafted Channing Tatum’s brother.

They also let go of about 96 percent of their team in Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Kelly Olynyk, Jonas Jerebko, whoever was coming with the Brooklyn pick next year, and basically everyone else. That’s maybe a sidestep at best. It’s a mixed bag in a land of very confusing bags and bag contents.

Things can go well, though. It seems more likely than not that good things will happen. Here are five ways that things can go right for Boston.