You’d expect him to say nothing different, but Danny Ainge still believes the Celtics can still make some playoff noise.
And while the club’s postseason outlook has certainly been altered with today’s news that Kyrie Irving will need further knee surgery and thus miss the rest of the NBA year, Ainge has some evidence to back up his belief the Celts could last a while.
There are four regular season games left before they deal with either Washington, Miami or Milwaukee in the first round, and they will have homecourt advantage in the first two series if they get that far.