Zach Lowe The depth chart after White Brown Pritchard amp Simons crumbles to sand so fast Being that top heavy and dependent on guys with minimal to no NBA track records is a recipe for a wildly below expectations reg season I don't really see a case for Celtics optimism I just don't see it

Marks There is a spirited debate going on in front offices right now regarding Jaylen Brown There's on one side the analytics debate and the analytics do not view Brown as a high-level player A negative net rating over the last four years in Boston minus 10 when he was on the court this year

Bill Simmons Pod Bill on Jaylen Brown Where is Tatum The guy who could squash this is the alleged leader of the team Nothing it's been dead silence

Brad Stevens on why he traded Jaylen Brown The path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70 of our cap and such a high usage into two players and the reality in this era and in this day and age in the NBA you have to do a great job in building depth

Bill Simmons Pod Bill I don't want the Celtics to trade Jaylen Brown for Giannis

Jaylen Brown In sports no offense to everybody in sports -- but the bar is fucking low You know what I mean The bar isn't that high

Windhorst Today the Boston Celtics are announcing to the world We ain't good enough to beat the Knicks Not good enough to beat them last year not good enough next year The Boston Celtics are on the verge of cracking their Championship duo because they don't think they can beat the Knicks