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NBA Halloween: Playing trick-or-treat with each team’s early season trend

By Gerald Bourguet

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Boston Celtics

Horrendous offense is a problem: Trick

Kyrie Irving dropping 30 on the Detroit Pistons Monday night was a step in the right direction, but even after one of the Boston Celtics‘ standout performances of the season, the offense has mostly been miserable.

Reintegrating Irving and Gordon Hayward while balancing Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown‘s accelerated development was always going to be a challenge for last year’s 18th-ranked offense. However, with Brad Stevens’ squad currently posting the league’s third-worst offensive rating, it’s officially crossed over from “be patient” territory and into the “legitimate concern” category.

However, there’s simply too much talent here for the offense to not turn around. The Celtics were a respectable offense last year before Irving went down, so once he shakes off the rust, that should be the case again — whether Hayward is able to look more like his former self or not.