The Celtics are in a position of power as the trade deadline looms in just more than one month. Through 33 games, they have the best record in the league. They have, arguably, the most talented top six, with a bench that has proven to be capable.

Making a move, barring a major injury, isn’t exactly imperative. The Celtics will remain heavy championship favorites without one. But there’s also some pressure attached to this season. The C’s have already demonstrated an all-in, win-now approach with the acquisitions of Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday. Brad Stevens has been given the green light by ownership to do whatever it takes in pursuit of a championship. To that point, he’s prepared to exhaust all his options that could put the Celtics over the top.

But as he does so between now and the Feb. 8 trade deadline, Stevens isn’t going to make a move just to make a move. With a league-best 26-7 record, the new pieces have meshed well together. Stevens doesn’t want to mess with that chemistry.

“There’s two ways when you add players to your team,” Stevens said Thursday. “They can add to your team and take away from your team. I think you just got to be careful. And so that’s something to think about when you have as many guys that are complementing each other as well as ours.”

Stevens said Thursday that he continues to have the green light to make any move he deems necessary. But he acknowledged there are limits to what he can do from a financial standpoint after the Celtics’ offseason moves built a big luxury tax bill. Any move is likely to be a small depth addition. The C’s presently have one spot open on their 15-man roster.

“There’s really not a ton we can do big without touching our main guys, right?” Stevens said. “And so, what you look at is guys that can play, guys that can add value, but like I said last year, don’t need to play. They are over themselves, and I think that that’s important. That’s what we have right now.”

The Celtics have a $6.2 million traded player exception they acquired from the Grant Williams deal they could use to add to the roster. But Stevens said those options are limited, too.

“That’s really the number one tool we have,” Stevens said. “But that’s $6.1 or $6.2 million. So it’s a small number of people. A lot of the people that are in that were signed to minimums or smaller contracts, or are on their rookie scale deals that teams aren’t exactly excited to to move on from yet. So it’s a very small group of people, but we’re going to exhaust it, we’re going to look at it. And again, I think it’s about OK, who can come in, have the self awareness to add to the group and the talent to add to the group.”

The Celtics don’t have any obvious flaws or critical needs, but places that could certainly be fortified. They have been happy with their depth in the frontcourt with the play of Luke Kornet and emergence of two-way center Neemias Queta, who could be a candidate to have his contract converted to a standard one. But there could be an upgrade to be made, especially as the Celtics look to keep both Porzingis and Al Horford as fresh as possible for the playoff run.

Stevens said he’ll be keeping an eye on one position in particular that could give the Celtics a boost.

“I would like to continue to see how we can find another big wing or so that can help us, and I think that could be from within, and I also think that we’ll continue to monitor free agency and trades,” Stevens said. “But again, the difference in this year and maybe other years is our tools are pretty limited from a dollars standpoint.”

The next stretch of games for the Celtics – who will play five games in seven days starting Friday against the Jazz – to begin a tough January schedule will be useful for Stevens as he assesses the roster’s needs. He’s certainly open to making a move if necessary, but it has to be at the right price and fit.

“You try to be smart if you add,” Stevens said. “How does it fit and how does it not take away? Right. And so really the tool to do that again is the exception which is not big. … The major trade deadline move for us was Jrue the day before the season started. So we just have to be on the lookout for how we can fortify it and how we can make it better. And again, I don’t want to say that that person is not in the building because they might be right now.”

Tip-ins

Joe Mazzulla on Thursday was named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month after guiding the Celtics to a league-best 12-2 record in December. It’s his second career Coach of the Month honor, having won the award in November 2022. …

The first All-Star fan voting update was released on Thursday, with the Celtics’ starting five well represented. Jayson Tatum was third, Jaylen Brown was fifth and Porzingis was eighth among Eastern Conference frontcourt players. Derrick White and Jrue Holiday were eighth and 10th, respectively, among East guards.

Fans will account for 50 percent of the vote for selecting All-Star Game starters. Reserves are selected by coaches. …

Horford (rest) is listed as questionable for Friday night’s game against the Jazz.