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Celtics’ focus should be on helping Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown thrive

Celtics' focus should be on helping Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown thrive

Forsberg: C’s should be searching for pieces to help the Jays thrive originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Celtics have played with such maddening inconsistency over the past two seasons that we understand why a lot of people have lost their minds watching this team.

But even at the rock bottom-est of moments — and last week’s 25-point, national-TV meltdown against the Knicks sure felt about as low as this limbo line has sometimes gotten — it seemed like an overreaction to suggest that the Celtics needed to break up the Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combo.

Now, it’s 100 percent fair to ponder all paths forward when a team with two young All-Stars has woefully underachieved over two full seasons worth of regular-season games. The Celtics overhauled their front office and much of the team’s supporting cast this summer and little has changed. But the idea of ripping out one of the team’s pillars seemingly only makes the future that less sturdy.

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