Long term. And I remember I made a joke before this series started where I said, hey, you, the New York Knicks are responsible for the Tatum Brown Celtics.

Because if you recall a decade ago when you beat the Garnett Pierce Celtic team, when you built the 3-0 lead, you lost game four and five, but then you win game six, that was it for them.

And they broke the team apart. You broke the Boston Celtics. The Celtics traded those guys away, got a great

load of picks, and built the new team. So the Knicks were responsible for breaking and then

rebuilding the Celtics a decade ago. The same may happen this time. Because if Jason Tatum

has an Achilles injury, this is a year plus. It's not only a year-long injury for Tatum, which sucks

for him. Sham Sharnia was reporting

days ago that the Celtics were

thinking about breaking it up

and saving money. Well, if they're

not going to have their best player next year, that may

further the quote-unquote

retooling or rebuilding

of the Boston Celtics.

So not only are the Knicks a win away from eliminating the defending world champions,

they may be a win away from breaking the defending world champions.

You're right.

It's crazy to think about because it feels like they just got together.

It feels like this Boston team is brand new.

But you can't remember they had some fits and struggles as well.

Absolutely.

The whole Marcus Smart era.

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