J. Kyle Mann

I mean, the Celtics are kind of in it as is.

And that was true before the trades.

So getting Jason Tatum back would be wonderful if he's healthy enough to play.

What makes me nervous is not

him delaying coming back.

It's him coming back at all and potentially re-injuring.

Not just potentially re-injuring the Achilles, but any of the other items up and down the kinetic chain that could really cause some trouble.

You simply have to do it.

Take as much time as you possibly could need, would be my advice to Jason Tatum.

In the meantime, the Celtics are still one of the best teams in the league.

They're still one of the best teams in the East.

I think they have every reason, in addition to the Cavs, in addition to the Pistons, to think...

Why not us?

You know, in adding Vooch, yeah, it's not going to be a completely seamless integration as you talked about, JB.

Some games are going to be better for him than others, but gives them a type of player they just didn't have at all before.

And so as they learn how to properly incorporate him and benefit from some of the rebounding and all the downstream effects that come from that, I just think they're going to be pretty formidable for basically anybody to bounce up against in the playoffs.

And that's true with or without Tatum, though obviously a lot of things get easier if he's able to go.

I feel a little different because of the Wolves.

And some of that is just like Minnesota making the kind of trade they needed to make, which is to get another guard, another bench player, just like have a firmer top eight, top nine for a playoff scenario.

And I would assume it gives them that.