Boston Celtics (1) vs. Chicago Bulls (8) – Leave The Bar Early To Catch The Second Half
You may not have heard, but Jimmy Butler was involved in a few trade rumors the past two years.
Blowing right past that, his team is terrible and Boston is unproven. They have gotten consistently better over the years with their young core, but still haven’t won a playoff game since trading Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.
Maybe they missed the boat not going all in on a trade for Butler. Or maybe they didn’t. This series won’t be able to fully answer this question for Boston, since Chicago is such a collection of misfits toys, but it should at least begin the process in earnest.
The Celtics have high expectations, and the dominance (or lack thereof) they display in this series will have a great effect on the perception of their (likely) second round series with Washington.