No reason to panic, but the first two games are showing what many, myself included, thought would be areas of concern for this team.
Again those are:
1. Rebounding
2. No shot blocking
3. No go to #1 scorer
4. No consistent three point shooting
The first two games have shown those were legitimate concerns for this team, and there isn't any way to fix them without a trade. Boston just has to do what it does well more consistently, which should be helped when Smart and Olynyk are back and playing, and thus minimize the effects of those weak areas.
I don't agree that those 4 things have shown to be deficiencies in the first two games. Not to say that these aren't going to be the teams biggest weaknesses but I didn't see 3 of the 4 through the first 2 games.
Rebounding is obvious and no sane person would disagree.
Shot blocking/rim protection doesn't seem to be as big an issue as last year. Although the shot blocking stat is flawed we do lead the league in blocks per game this year with 15 blocks through 2 games.
I didn't get the sense that the C's could have used a go to scorer in their first two games. It's not like they lost to Chicago because they couldn't score in the clutch, they made a run in the last two minutes to make the contest in doubt.
As to no consistent 3 point shooting we are shooting 34.5% from 3 through two games. Bradley is shooting 57%, Crowder is shooting 40%, Rozier is shooting 43% and IT is shooting 36% from 3.
My worries going into the season were:
1. Rebounding
2. Replacing Turner's ball handling ( I think you can see how badly we miss him in all the turnovers we have made)
3. Shooting (so far this has not been an issue)