Boston Celtics
The advanced stats love the Boston Celtics. I don’t think that should be surprising at all. Even though the Celtics have fallen a bit back to reality over the course of the last few weeks, there is still plenty to like about this team. For one, the Celtics have the top-tier talent that it takes to compete for a championship. They have two superstar-level players in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and an excellent supporting cast around them.
They have a top 5 offense, defense, and net rating. They also have the second-best record in the NBA at the moment. Every part of my formula absolutely loves the Celtics as a potential championship contender this season. Not to mention that they were just two games short of winning it all a season ago.
The big question with the Celtics, however, falls on their health. That’s really the only thing that could possibly stand in the way of the Celtics winning it all this season. One player that they will absolutely need to be healthy, aside from their two top stars, is Robert Williams.
Williams is a huge part of what the Celtics can do on the defensive end of the floor and completely raises this team’s ceiling when he’s healthy.