The Fatal Flaws of the Eastern Conference Contenders! Plus, Awards and TV Talk!

LoweWell, I think,

Goldsberryyou know, to defend our friends in Philadelphia with the injury stuff to Embiid, I think that's fair. But you know who else hasn't finished the last two playoffs in healthy shape is Jason Tatum. And I hate to be that guy, but obviously Mitchell Robinson has injury concerns. Obviously, Paul George has age and injury concerns.

GoldsberryBut I think at this point, it's also fair to levy those on Jason Tatum.

GoldsberryI also think the Celtics are a wins machine. Missoula ball is going to work. They're going to get to that top three seed. I share that.

GoldsberryBut I think it is unfortunately true that the injury concerns that we're going to put on LeBron James and Joel Embiid can equally be placed on the Boston Celtics at this point.

LoweA couple other variables before we go on to the rest of the poll.

LoweA lot of people brought up the ability to make an in -season trade as a key factor here. And Boston has picked up a decent amount of trade assets now from the Jalen Brown trade.