Your Boston Celtics are the reigning NBA Champions. That’s nonetheless enjoyable to put in writing and I could maintain writing that at first of each article all summer season lengthy. Oh yeah, and I’ve no intention of eradicating the “breaking information” banner on the high of the location till the Celtics truly increase their very own banner. However I digress.
The Celtics are bringing again …just about everybody from their title group. They gained 64 video games within the common season final yr. The yr earlier than that they gained 57 (we gained’t speak concerning the playoffs as a result of we by no means need to once more).
Now we flip our consideration to the upcoming common season. Win totals are a lot much less vital than playoff outcomes, however they’re a reasonably respectable indicator of who can be there on the finish.
I’m not a betting man, however I do take pleasure in seeing the Vegas over-under strains. They’re an excellent early indicator of how groups stack up in opposition to one another within the minds of the consensus (sure, I do know that betting quantity tends to maneuver the strains and I’m certain it is rather complicated – however that is shut sufficient).
Draft Kings has the Celtics at 57.5 wins. In order that begs the query, do you suppose the Celtics are going to exceed that quantity?
On one hand, the Celtics are simply pretty much as good as they had been a yr in the past and now have the swagger of an NBA champion.
Then again, they might take their foot off the fuel just a little believing that they’ll ramp again up within the playoffs. The remainder of the league can be focusing on the Celtics, although to be honest, I believe most assumed they had been one of many high groups to take down the previous few years anyway. So they need to be used to that. After all Kristaps Porzingis will miss a couple of months of the season (and certain be introduced up to the mark slowly).
So I can see why the strains have the Celtics taking just a little little bit of a step again. Then once more, they might take a step again and nonetheless be 2 steps forward of the remainder of the pack. So I assume we’ll see.
What do you suppose? Elaborate within the feedback under!
