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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four, our number four of the Mather Show and toss up question.

Who's got more pressure to make a trade before the NBA trade deadline?

The Boston Celtics, who are underachieving in the Eastern Conference, or the Miami Heat,

which currently wouldn't even be a playoff team.

We break that down, toss-up question style.

It's coming your way right now in hour number four.

Build as a heavyweight but performing like a lightweight.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather's show.

We are in the air everywhere as we schmooze coast to coast, border to border, and beyond the vast

and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from deep inside the magic radio box.

So I lead this hour comes from pro bouncy ball.

And no, we're not going to do another mall or monologue about the nets taking the Lakers to the woodshed.

We're not doing that.

But this is about the Ministry of Disappointment.

Two teams stand out from the pack in the underachievement category in the Eastern Conference.

Now, we're talking about the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics.

There are other contenders, but I'm going to single out the Celtics and the Heat.

And if you have not been watching, and maybe you haven't, Boston has had many deep runs

in recent years in the postseason.

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