Justin Verrier

But it does sound like...

there was a report that like he might not be back the entire year.

It seems like that has been largely debunked or at the very least been poked holes on, but things are taking slower than we expect.

I think we were hoping to see him by now or maybe early March.

And so the Celtics like momentum seems to have seized at this point.

What do you guys feel about if the Celtics don't get Tatum?

Are they even in this race?

He's coming back.

God, that'd be worse.

So if we've diagnosed the East here, the West probably stayed in Pat, like virtually up and down the top couple spots there outside of like a Hunter Tyson kind of being dumped and Jared McCain going to the Thunder.

But apparently Daryl Morey was selling high on that.

So perhaps the Thunder being left with the bag.

Overall, do you feel any different about the title race, the top contenders than you did four days ago?

But I'm glad Isaiah kind of mentioned that because this is the Wolves' experience in microcosm.

It's true.

They project to a certain point.

There's so much talent on that team.

They ultimately always make the West Finals at this point, so they'll probably just do it for a third straight year.

But there's just like something just not quite right all the time.

And to Rob's earlier point, Rudy Gobert is complaining about guys not being locked in enough.