Eddie House: Why C’s bench should be even better in 2024-25

Eddie House: Why C’s bench should be even better in 2024-25 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

The Boston Celtics bench was widely considered a weakness to start the 2023-24 season. By the end of the championship campaign, it had established itself as one of the best second units in the league.

The “Stay Ready Crew” will again play a pivotal role throughout Boston’s title defense. Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser will continue to be counted on to provide a scoring punch. Big men Luke Kornet, Neemias Queta, and Xavier Tillman will be asked to step up, especially while Kristaps Porzingis recovers from injury. Jordan Walsh, Drew Peterson, JD Davison, Jaden Springer and Baylor Scheierman will each look to take a significant step forward in their development.

Duplicating last year’s success is a tall task, but former C’s guard Eddie House believes this group is capable of being even better for the reigning champs in 2024-25. He explained why in the latest episode of the Celtics Talk Podcast with Chris Forsberg.

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“I’m expecting them to be better this season,” House said. “Because those are the type of players that they are. Everybody is looking to elevate their game, whether it be Payton Pritchard trying to average more points, maybe average more assists. Sam Hauser’s been shooting maybe better from the 3, even though he shot better from the 3. I think all of them come into this season with goals. Luke Kornet’s the same way. Also, (Neemias) Queta, him having an opportunity to get more minutes.

“All of these guys are looking at, ‘OK, how do I affect winning? And what do I have to do to affect winning?’ And to me, I feel like they’re gonna take a step forward because I’ve been around them, I’ve seen them when they didn’t win a championship and they were talking about winning a championship, and then they won a championship. And now they’re talking about doing the things to make sure they can win another championship. I have to believe the work that they put in, the work that they believe in…

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Publish date : 2024-10-21 22:28:00

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