If you ask around the Association the Celtics march to the NBA Finals will be met with little to no resistance this year. LeBron is gone and it’s been decreed that the 76ers are a bunch of cowards and no real threat to Boston’s inevitable Eastern Conference domination.
Well not exactly. But the Celtics are definitely a trendy pick to come out of the East. Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward are back healthy along with Al Horford and ascending stars Jaylen Brown & Jayson Tatum.