C's get a ‘C' in Sports Illustrated offseason grades

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Andrew Sharp of Sports Illustrated really likes Paul George…and Markelle Fultz.

The Celtics’ not landing them earns Boston a “C” grade from Sharp in his offseason report cards for NBA teams.

The Celtics missing out on George, who was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder (earning them an "A" from Sharp) and the trades of No. 1 pick Fultz to the Philadelphia 76ers and Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons dropped Sharp's grade.

The acquisition of free agent Gordon Hayward gives Boston “a poor man’s version of Paul George,” he writes.

Here’s more from his assessment: 

“Without Paul George they’re not all that well positioned to contend next year, and without Fultz, the young core still doesn’t have any player who looks like a future superstar,” Sharp wrote. “The only guarantee is that arguments about the Celtics will continue for at least another few years. This is our new version of the Sixers. Everyone in basketball has an opinion on what the Celtics are doing with their assets, why they’re doing it, and whether it’s stupid or brilliant. I’m just not sure it needed to be this complicated.”

And in dealing Bradley, Sharp writes that the Celtics “traded a shooting guard who helps Isaiah Thomas hide his biggest weakness” i.e. I.T.’s defense. 
 

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