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For years, the Boston Celtics have been one of the teams — if not the team — to beat in the Eastern Conference.
Either because of injuries, young rosters, or an overall lack of stellar talent, the East has been significantly softer than the West, and that goes back decades.
Some have argued that the playoffs would be better if they just featured the 16 teams with the better record, and they might be onto something.
But even if that were the case, the Celtics would’ve still gotten the No. 1 seed.
However, as good as this team has been for years, that just hasn’t been enough.
That’s why GM Brad Stevens went deep in his bag to get their two stars an overwhelming amount of support to get Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis.
According to Jason Timpf and Colin Cowherd, Stevens made those moves because he knew Tatum and Brown just weren’t good enough.
“By going to get Porzingis and Jrue Holiday, he told you what he thought about Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum”
—@_JasonLT to @ColinCowherd on Celtics taking 2-0 lead pic.twitter.com/r8E2PXe041
— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) June 10, 2024
Cowherd stated that Tatum just wasn’t the kind of player who could get the team a bucket when they desperately needed it, adding that they don’t know what they’ll get from him on a night-to-night basis because it would depend on the matchup or his headspace.
Timpf continued by stating that they knew he was a flawed superstar and that Brown just wasn’t good enough, and while that wasn’t a knock on them, it was clear that they just needed everything to go in their favor to get the job done.
The Celtics are now built to overcome Tatum’s shooting woes, and they’re just two wins away from a title.
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