Jay King

people have been getting on me about my my hat choice because number one it's it's pastel green and number two it's a red socks hat and they're uh the worst team in baseball these days so it's it's been a tough few days wearing this hat for me a new hat it was on sale and uh yeah i'm in some back room at td garden that doesn't look super inviting

It's like the secret Clippers passageway, but in Boston.

They've just been playing great basketball lately.

Everything's trending in the right direction for them.

They're 13-2 with Jason Tatum in the lineup.

I believe there's something like plus 11.5 net rating in those games.

Tatum has just looked super, super capable since returning a month ago.

the only issue they have is is what how to kind of reincorporate nikola vujovic who obviously only played a handful of games with them before then missing a month with a a finger injury and and he's looked kind of his minutes have been bumpy since he came back a couple games ago but other than that just just it seems like a team that's surging at the right time that's

that has had no issues bringing back Tatum.

It's just been a seamless reincorporation for him.

And...

you know, there's a lot going right for this Celtics team right now.

Yeah, that's definitely their biggest question mark to me.

And the other is like just a lack of playoff experience because they have a ton of guys who just haven't been to the postseason before as experienced as their core is.

The guys around it from Nemeus Cato, who's their starting center, to even Vucevic hasn't played much in the playoffs as long as he's been around the league.

But yeah, their backup center spot has been pretty good all year.

Luka Garza has been... He's knocked down threes.

He's really spaced the floor well for them.

He gives them an offensive rebounding component.

Just constant energy on the glass.