The 2019-20 Celtics do not lack talent. Boston trots out four former, current, or soon-to-be All-Stars in its starting lineup.

This Celtics squad does not lack chemistry. A year after a misfit roster contributed to Bostons early playoff exit, this years team was constructed with a Kumbaya focus and players genuinely seem to enjoy each others company, both on and off the court.

But if these Celtics get bounced early in the bubble playoffs, there will likely be one culprit, something that the team has most certainly lacked in recent seasons: Health.

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Yup, when the internet nicknames your team the "Hospital Celtics" because of a propensity to be without top talent, its not a great sign. Before this season paused, Boston had its top 7 rotation players available in the same game only eight times. The teams preferred starting 5 played just 188 minutes together in 17 games.

There were times this season when players wondered out loud if this Celtics squad would ever get to see what they were capable of at full health. The Orlando restart may finally give Boston a chance to better explore its true potential.

Or injuries could leave this team forever questioning what could have been.

The Celtics will enter Fridays first seeding game against the Milwaukee Bucks at near full health. Yes, the team is treading cautiously with Kemba Walker and the sore left knee that has lingered since the start of the calendar year, but Boston is betting that it can be close to full strength in the postseason if it manages Walkers workload on the ramp there.

The Celtics will still be crossing their fingers that no one else gets dinged up or worse.

Gordon Hayward is further removed from his ankle woes at the start of his Boston tenure and Marcus Smart has rarely been able to enter a playoffs while not rushing himself back from an injury. The Celtics must hope that Smart doesnt puncture something diving through the plexiglass near the scorers table because he refuses to social distance from loose balls.

Health is particularly important for this Celtics team because this group is thin on experience. While Boston can lean heavily on its core 5 Walker, Hayward, Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown a group that could account for upwards of 75 percent of total minutes in the postseason, the team is still thin on playoff experience at the other end of the roster. Even if veterans Daniel Theis, Enes Kanter, and Brad Wanamaker chip away at whats left over for playing time, the team is still dangerously young outside its top 8.

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In fact, Boston has seven rookies with zero playoff experience. Second-year big man Robert Williams barely had a cup off coffee in last years postseason. It would be asking a lot of any young player to give more than spot minutes, though a breakout from any of them would certainly alleviate depth concerns.

All of which leaves Boston one ill-timed sprained ankle away from its playoff march getting exponentially more difficult.

From the team that brought you Kyrie Irvings knee, Gordon Haywards ankle, Isaiah Thomas hip, Kevin Garnetts knee, and Larry Birds back, the injury bug is a real concern. This years team yearns to see whats possible if the bug elects to chomp elsewhere.

Yes, the Celtics have the necessary talent to make a playoff trek and health woes might be the only thing that could really put a spoke in Boston's wheel.

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