There has been a fair amount of debate over just how good the new-look Boston Celtics have become in the second half of the 2021-22 NBA season, with some analysts going as far as to suggest that the Celtics could very well end the season by hanging the long-hoped for Banner 18 in the rafters of TD Garden.
Others remain skeptical given the stiff competition and coagulation of talent we are seeing this season in the NBA’s Eastern Conference, the best showing of quality teams we have seen on this side of the league’s geographical decade for many years now.
And it is not just local media gassing up the hometown team either — national analysts are starting to take note of the Celtics’ success and buy into the possibility that Boston is a legitimate contender.
Even Stephen A. Smith of ESPN is drinking the green Kool-Aid of late, going as far as to say on record he thinks that Boston could win the East in the 2022 postseason.
Check out the clip of the man himself explaining his reasoning for such a bold claim on “First Take”.
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