While they are currently leaders in the NBA with 14 wins and only 4 losses, the Celtics still have to do without their titular pivot, Robert Williams III…
Already diminished at the end of last season, the interior had gritted its teeth in the playoffs in order to be able to help its team. And it cost him dearly since he had to go back to the billiards before the start of the campaign in order to undergo an arthroscopy of the left knee, in order to relieve it. Despite this twist of fate, the atmosphere is fine in Massachusetts and Robert Williams III can therefore quietly work to regain form.
According to ESPN insider, Adrian Wojnarowski, the 27th choice of the 2018 Draft would not be very far from a return, and could thus return around Christmas… Enough to further strengthen a Boston team which is already doing very well .
But the Celtics are extremely ambitious, and ESPN adds that president Brad Stevens would like to get another pivot, in the form of insurance. The American media thus evokes the name of Jakob Poeltl, the Austrian interior of the Spurs, at the end of the contract in San Antonio. This could thus be recovered during the “trade deadline” in February, in particular if Robert Williams III does not show his best level, or if his return does not go as planned.