Your Boston Celtics are the reigning NBA Champions. That’s nonetheless enjoyable to write down and I could preserve writing that in the beginning of each article all summer time lengthy. Oh yeah, and I’ve no intention of eradicating the “breaking information” banner on the prime 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 workforce. They gained 64 video games within the common season final yr. The yr earlier than that they gained 57 (we gained’t speak in regards to the playoffs as a result of we by no means must once more).
Now we flip our consideration to the upcoming common season. Win totals are a lot much less necessary than playoff outcomes, however they’re a fairly 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 a very good early indicator of how groups stack up towards one another within the minds of the consensus (sure, I do know that betting quantity tends to maneuver the strains and I’m positive it is vitally advanced – however that is shut sufficient).
Draft Kings has the Celtics at 57.5 wins. In order that begs the query, do you assume the Celtics are going to exceed that quantity?
On one hand, the Celtics are simply nearly as good as they had been a yr in the past and now have the swagger of an NBA champion.
Alternatively, they might take their foot off the gasoline a bit believing that they’ll ramp again up within the playoffs. The remainder of the league can be concentrating on the Celtics, although to be honest, I feel most assumed they had been one of many prime groups to take down the previous couple of years anyway. So they need to be used to that. After all Kristaps Porzingis will miss just a few months of the season (and sure be introduced in control slowly).
So I can see why the strains have the Celtics taking a bit 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 suppose we’ll see.
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