My point is that there are explanations for a lot of what’s happened to the Celtics this season. Some of it is in their control, some of it is not. But one of those explanations is COVID-19, but some people just don’t want to acknowledge that.
Romeo Langford, for example, missed half the season recovering from wrist surgery. When he was about to return he got COVID. Now he’s back, but his play is up and down, and there is a segment of Celtics fans that are fed up with him.
What is he supposed to do?
This team is a bit of a mess with its inconsistency and somehow a second-year player is going to step on the floor after missing the whole year and after contracting COVID and suddenly just be good every time he goes out there?
The same goes for Evan Fournier, who has shot terribly since his return. The team says he’s still “foggy” after coming back and he’s struggling to get caught up.
I know people are upset about how the season is going, but this virus isn’t checking in with Wyc Grousbeck to find convenient times to impact the team. Fournier will just need time to get up to speed. So will Langford. And, frankly, Jayson Tatum might still be impacted as well. That’s just how it goes with this thing.