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

Windhorst The Clippers were guilty of the same thing that the Nets were They had little brother syndrome They were so focused on not being the little brother anymore that they took way too big of gambles both teams were chasing The Lakers Knicks

The Knicks comeback from down 20 points against the Celtics

Windhorst In the last few days I dont think Philly really loved their position in the running Their big pitch was trading for Jaylen Brown but LeBron kept making it a point to reach out to the 76ers players and give them hope that they were still involved

Mike Wilbon in January of 2026 talks about hearing early rumblings that the Celtics might have to break up Tatum and Brown months before the trade happened

ESPN Brian Windhorst Its getting worse by the day The rhetoric between the politicians and the Trailblazers is deteriorating On Monday the Blazers board of Directors have a meeting It could be a declaration of an all out war

The moment it was evident that the Knicks were going to plug their way to the championship