Grant Williams: Marcus Good commerce ‘positively hurts’, however Celtics need to belief Brad Stevens

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“You must be enthusiastic about the place the workforce is headed and what path they’re attempting to take it in”

The Celtics gained’t be the identical after their choice to commerce Marcus Good to Memphis simply earlier than midnight final Thursday.

They’ve misplaced one of many league’s greatest defenders, in addition to a workforce chief who had been in Boston for 9 seasons.

They’ve additionally added the form of low-post scoring risk that they’ve been missing for whereas in 7-foot-3 Kristaps Porzingis, who additionally occurred to shoot 38.5 % from 3-point vary final season.

Celtics ahead Grant Williams mentioned seeing Good go is hard.

“It’s one thing that positively hurts a little bit bit,” Williams informed reporters on Tuesday. “Simply since you’ve been with somebody for therefore lengthy, and he’s an outstanding particular person, phenomenal teammate who performs with (as a lot) coronary heart and keenness as anybody throughout this whole group, whole league.”

However Williams additionally mentioned he understands the commerce is “the worth of doing enterprise.” The Celtics are chasing their 18th championship, they usually felt they wanted to rebalance the roster to have a greater shot. They tried to commerce Malcolm Brogdon first, however ended up transferring Good as a result of they have been intent on buying Porzingis.

“You must be enthusiastic about the place the workforce is headed and what path they’re attempting to take it in,” Williams mentioned. “You must belief Brad (Stevens). And it’s important to actually not maintain an excessive amount of in opposition to it as a result of we all know that Marcus goes to be nice wherever he goes. He’s in an ideal scenario with a gifted workforce, they usually wanted him.”

In line with Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe, the Porzingis commerce will doubtless finish Williams’s time in Boston. He’s set to turn into a restricted free-agent this week. With the Celtics including one other large man, and an costly one at that, it’s conceivable that Boston might let Williams stroll although they’ve the precise to maintain him by matching any supply sheet that he indicators.

Williams mentioned that he’d be excited to return to the Celtics below the precise circumstances, however added that he doesn’t have a lot management over the scenario.

Williams referred to as Porzingis a “particular expertise” that he’d adapt to taking part in with, if the Celtics select to carry him again.

“Kristaps is superb. He’s a gifted participant. He’s large, he blocks a number of photographs, he’s energetic and he can play outdoors and in as properly. He areas the ground, which is what Joe (Mazzulla) likes to do. He supplies that dimension as properly, to have the ability to play larger lineups, to have the ability to change extra, and to have safety much like that of Rob (Williams).”