The Celtics are No. 3 in the East, but Colin Cowherd sees them as one of three teams that can win an NBA title.
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Jaylen Brown, Celtics
We’re still more than two weeks away from the tip-off of the NBA’s rebooted season but already, the Celtics are gaining some momentum—at least in terms of perception.
Boston will get its season restart going as, generally, either the No. 4 or 5 option on the betting boards, after the Lakers, Bucks and Clippers, and lumped in with the Rockets. But Colin Cowherd, the popular host on FS1, said he considers the Celtics to be one of only three teams that are, inside his championship “bubble” when action begins again on the campus of ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando.
Milwaukee and the Clippers are the others. The reason: depth.
“Boston Celtics, they’re my dark horse to win it. They’re inside my bubble,” Cowherd said, according to NESN.com. “One of the reasons I like them, especially now, if they lost a guy to an injury or COVID, they’re (still) in pretty good shape. They’re the only team to have three players average 20-plus points. Averaging 20-plus points in the NBA is a real thing; that’s like an All-Star.
“Kemba (Walker), (Jayson) Tatum and (Jaylen) Brown. And if Gordon Hayward drops 24 (points), you wouldn’t be shocked. They were also 5-2 against the best teams in the Eastern Conference.
