This, what are you doing that stupid trickery crap for?

Is Felger in Mass?

The continued issue, uh, on 985.

I just want to see what the fuss is about.

The Sports Hub.

I'll probably hate it.

I don't think they'll play them as tough as Indiana, but they'll play them tougher than Toronto.

I think Philadelphia, and I think you said this, Philadelphia would have been a bigger threat.

I would have picked Cleveland, but I would have given Philadelphia a chance to beat him.

I give Boston no chance. I think maybe they make it a six-game series.

You know, maybe Cleveland takes them out in five.

But they just don't have the superstar power.

That's just it.

I do not see a team of good, really good players taking out LeBron James.

Okay, so that's Chris Bussart of FS1, as we're back here on an agenda free Friday, brought you by Planet Fitness, the world judges they don't planet fitness.com. That's a sort of take Chris Gaspper, the Boston Globe, join us in our time for Tire Studios. I don't get after, presumably he's just watched the last couple of weeks. Not these picking Cleveland, like, fine. Like, LeBron's been to seven straight of these. Like, that makes perfect sense. Fine. But he doesn't think the Celts will give them as hard of a run as Indy. When the Celts were a better team all year long, even without the injuries, or even without their players. he would have given Philly a chance, but he gives Boston no chance

after Boston just given Philly a chance,

but he gives Boston no chance after Boston just beat Philly in five.

It does seem a little strange, right?

So like what?

Because, you know, he's conditioned as an NBA reporter that it's about the star power.

And look, I was wrong about the Celtics too, but I mean, I would not walk into a series with Cleveland and say, no chance. I mean, that doesn't make any sense to me if you've been watching the way that Tatum has played, that Al Horford's played in the playoffs. Jalen Brown, Terry Rozier, and Brad Stevens, why would you say no chance? And here's the other thing. Take the Celtics out of the equation. Is there any team you would look at that would play the Cleveland Cavaliers that made the playoffs that you would say they have no chance against Cleveland? Have you watched Cleveland this year? I mean, they barely got out of the first round, and it took everything LeBron had to drag them out of the first round. So I just think that's really odd to say no chance. Again, take the Celtics out of it. Yes, there should be more respect for the Celtics, but again, these conditioned NBA observers are thinking, okay, who are these guys? Like, there's no stars here. The stars are hurt. They can't do it. That part, I understand. But just look at the Cavaliers. They don't have Kyrie Irving. Isaiah Thomas didn't work out. Kevin Love just got activated the last series. They got guys that don't even want to go into the game that they traded for in Rodney Hood. Why would you look at that team and think that there's anybody who made the playoffs in the Eastern Conference that has no chance against the Cavaliers? And look, I know they swept the Raptors, but I mean, that's on the Raptors.

You know, the Celtics definitely have a chance. I don't understand that statement. I don't. Thank you. It's genuflecting too far and too much to LeBron. I mean, the calves now feel more to me like they did when LeBron was here the first time, right? Who was the guy from North Carolina they had, Chris, that they drink? Antoine Jameson?

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