Garnett clearly was not at his best last year dealing with the fallout of his hampering knee injury amongst others. His issues elevating were no more apparent than in the playoffs where he sometimes had issues going up for rebounds and alley-oops.
Still, Garnett was a force in the postseason, particularly on defense, and has had the entire offseason to recover further.
The opportunity to rest up leaves a lot of room for optimism within the organization and of course for the Celtics fan base. Trying to get back to speed during the season is usually a losing battle.
Paul Pierce was a testament to this struggle last year as well.
At 34, the 24/12 guy that we saw on the Timberwolves in the 2000's will never reemerge, but could the 19/ ...
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Article written by Zachary Stanley