Not if they play like they did against the Magic in the 2nd half
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Yes, feel like Celtics is the worst team to matchup for anyone in the east. It’s more so when they player don’t show up for a series or have injuries for them to truly be weak and even then I’m still slightly pushing for them
Tatum is a bit too young 25/26 and haven’t won an MVP or FMVP yet. That’s historically not a good combination to win a title, but their roster may be.
You need to win a FMVP before winning a ring?
On paper, yes. However, they still have a huge issue with blowing leads. I dunno what their problem is but it's been like this for years now.
The only parameter that hasn't changed over the years is the Tatum-Brown duo. Logic dictates that they must be the culprit.
Boston has the best starting 5. However, their bench is unproven. And Joe Mazzula doesn't inspire confidence either. I think Mazz and the bench keep them from running away with it.
Also I'm surprised Celts didn't try harder to get Theis. That would've been a nice addition.
Mazzula will have to show up in the playoffs where coaching and gameplanning matters a lot.
The league goes through Minnesota
According to the oddsmakers, yes, the Celtics are favored. But it’s not by an overwhelming amount. They are only slightly favored over the Bucks and Nuggets.
Maybe technically, but they've kind-of sucked lately. They consistently just take the 4th quarter off for some reason. They'll need a depth big because they can't keep pretending Luke Kornet is a viable option on a Title contender.
No, Porzingus is injury prone and bad at defense, while Holiday is a massive brick machine in the playoffs. Both are massive risks come playoff time.
Feels like they still have the same issues in terms of blowing leads, bad decisions late in games
Nuggets or Suns. East is just a weak conference
IMO they should be. They have a loaded roster and probably the best starting 5. Unpopular opinion here but if they don’t even make it to the championship Celtics need to do some soul searching and potentially move brown, even then I think a huge problem it’s Tatums inconsistency particularly in the playoffs.
Pretty much the last 3 seasons I have came into the season with the belief that the Celtics have the most talented roster in the league, yet somehow someway they fail to get it done every time. I don’t see this year being any different. They have the talent but can they execute? Until I see it happen I won’t pick them as championship favourites.
I don't really think there is a favorite. It's super up in the air. It's probably gonna come down to seeding and playoff match ups.
I really don't think the Celtics have what it takes to grind out through the finals, but they could prove me wrong. You got a lot of hungry and experience players/teams in the East too.
Bucks ain't going out easy. You know the Heat ain't either. Sixers probably will though haha
It's been that way for like the last 4 seasons, and what happened?
Probably but they aren't favorites by that much. Any of Boston, Milwaukee, Denver or Phoenix winning the title wouldn't surprise me at all.
A dark horse team like Miami or Dallas or a Clippers team that figures it out would surprise me but not as much as previous seasons.
Too early to really pick favorites now but they’ve been the best team so far. Hard to say though because they are one of the few contenders not getting fucked by injuries right now (sad laker fan noises)
Against the Bucks and the Sixers I think Boston would win but if they come across a Florida team it’s 50/50. Nobody is better than the other, they are equal.
Potential final match up: honestly with this lineups we have right now I have no idea how we match up
I think the Celtics are clearly better than either Florida team.
The issue is that both teams always play us hard, especially the playoff heat.
Part of it is our mentality - we know we are almost always the more talented team, so we just expect the other team to just give up. When teams don't give up, we act surprised.
You saw this both times the Heat beat us and went to the finals. The Heat never quit, but lacked talent to win the Finals. The Celtics don't lack in talent, but they lack the killer mentality to put teams away that deserve to be put away.
Elite starting 5, shit bench. If Heats or Magic play in the ECF, they will get cooked
As long as they don't cross paths with Miami they should be fine.