WATCH: Are the Boston Celtics the Eastern Conference’s sleepers this season?

Or do they need more time to grow?

Are the Boston Celtics the sleepers of the NBA’s Eastern Conference? Or are they pretenders who had a bit of luck as their schedule happened to be among the league’s lightest?

This is a question on the lips and fingers of quite a few NBA analysts at the moment, most of whom are trying to suss out where exactly to peg the Celtics in the East’s projected playoff picture ahead of the stretch run and just after a nine-game winning streak’s end that has since seen Boston’s game show signs of vulnerability again after looking like world-beaters throughout the month of January.

The hosts of the Uninterrupted “Certified Buckets” podcast dialed down on this question in a recent episode, as well as where they ought to be ranked in comparison to their East peers.

Watch the clip embedded above to hear what Ashley Nicole Moss, Kristian Winfield, and Lethal Shooter have to say about the Celtics as we dive into the thick of the 2022 stretch run.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!

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