BOSTON — Neemias Queta has been at this for a while. He’s four months from his 27th birthday, so while he is still seen as a young development project, he’s actually just entering his prime. This is his fifth season in the NBA, third with the Boston Celtics.

It’s starting to really click for him this season, culminating in a career night against the Philadelphia 76ers. He’s put in a lot of work to get here.

“The process of what he's gone through to earning what he's got is really what I care about,” Joe Mazzulla said after the win. “We have to wake up and do it again tomorrow, so there's that piece to it, but there's the piece of he's taken on the ownership and the responsibility, and he cares about working hard and understanding how important what he does for us and for our team.”

Queta is equal parts hungry, talented, and lucky. The new CBA forced the Celtics to shed tens of millions of dollars in salary.…