Team Note: The Celtics don t want to add a burden to this season. We will solve the inside problem next summer

Today, MassLive reporter Brian Robb wrote an article about his views on the Celtics center candidate.

A fan asked: "I wonder how the Celtics will solve the long-term shortage of center and power forwards. It seems like a fatal flaw to wait until Tatum returns next year to try to fill the future center and power forward positions. It seems like a huge gamble. How do you think using Hauser, Sherman, and if you need a salary match, plus Tillman, to trade one of these inside players? Isaiah Stewart, Oneka Okongwu, Daniel Gafford. Their salary is in the matchable range, all three are young enough to be considered as suitable candidates for the long term, and the Celtics pay enough chips to make the offer potentially attractive. Am I too impractical? "

Robb replied: "Given the lineup changes we've seen this offseason, the future situation of the center position is indeed a real concern. It would be a major upgrade for the team to get any of the players you mentioned, but I don't think the team can get any of them directly with Hauser and Sherman. Those players are starters at the playoff team with reasonable salary. They can get it through trades, but it needs to be much more than Hauser and Sherman. The chips can only get them. The current speculation is that the Celtics will not take action for their future centers until next summer because they want to evaluate the talent in the team, and with Tatum absent, they don't want to add any salary burden to this 2025-26 squad.

"Once Tatum returns to health and returns to the arena, if those cheaper centers don't play this year, the Celtics do have several trade specials that can come in handy next summer. ”