Zach Lowe if the Celtics fans want to dismiss the Lakers Minneapolis titles they have to come to grip with the fact that 9 of their 17 titles came when there were like 9 teams in the NBA &amp dudes were smoking in the locker room

Zach Lowe No one who has watched the Nuggets for the years they haven't won the title can make a case that it's Jokic's fault like at all But if he gets a second one the names he's next to are like the holy pantheon of NBA players Bill Simmons He has to be with Bird and Magic at that point

Zach Lowe I think at the end of his Nikola Joki career if not already he's gonna be statistically and just like eye test better than Larry Bird better than Magic Johnson 1 ring in Denver is worth more than like a Lakers ring or whatever

Inside the NBA reveals their Gone Fishing graphic for Boston

Lowlights All the possessions by the Celtics in the last 7 minutes of Game 5The Celtics missed all their last 16 field goal attempts in the last 7 minutes of the game at home in TD Garden

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

SiriusXM NBA Radio If it were the other way around I think Jayson Tatum and the Celtics would've been first in the East and I think they would've made it out that game 7 - Evan Turner on how the Celtics wouldve looked with Jayson Tatum leading instead of Jaylen Brown