Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
The Celtics didn’t win the title last season, but Vegas has them as the favorite to win a championship next season at +550 and league insiders are in line with The Strip. An anonymous panel of voters that included NBA coaches, scouts, and executives spoke with ESPN’s Tim Bontemps on expectations and predictions for the 2022-2023 season and many were green with envy.
Let’s start with the Jayson Tatum. The Celtics will go as far as he’ll take them and after sputtering a bit in The Finals, he’s vowed to enter next season in better shape for a longer run and will be healed from a fractured wrist that was irritated by a hit from Giannis Antetokounmpo.