people are saying gapier for the Pacers and the Celtics is that even a real thing is that even a fair word for the Achilles torn last two Eastern Conference champions locked on Celtics locked on Pacers together today to break it all down.

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Crossing it over the way only Lockdown can to talk about a topic that is near and dear to my heart because my new least favorite term will be brought up a lot today.

Gap year.

Ugh.

The Pacers do not have Tyrese Allberton.

For the entire season, he was hurt deep in the playoffs. The Celtics will not have Jason Tatum for the whole season. He was injured deep in the playoffs. They both tore their Achilles. They both wear number zero. They will both miss the whole season. And everybody says, it's a gap year. Both teams said funky off seasons. Both teams are projected to be somewhere in that like six to ten range in the east and people wonder what is this actually

going to look like i talked about team said funky off seasons. Both teams are projected to be somewhere net like six to 10 range

in the east. And people wonder, what is this actually going to look like? I talked about

maybe how the pastures should prioritize things. John just did a show about tanking or playoffs or

how the Celtic should prioritize things. We got to get to the heart of what the word gap year actually

means. John, my Achilles, bro bro i should let you talk i've been

running my mouth for a minute and a half do you hate the term gap year too before we dive into the

nuance of what it actually is yeah yeah i mean it's inescapable uh i'm not of the opinion that tatum

is definitely going to miss this whole season.

I will just say that, you know, for the, for the Pacers, Celtics fans know what I'm going to say.

I do think there is a chance that Tatum is cleared to play somewhere all-star breakish,

just because of the, not just the timing of the injury but how quickly they did the surgery the type of surgery all of that stuff like i asked the

Celtics team president at a Celtics community event uh within the past couple of weeks

if jason tatem is cleared to play during the regular season, will the team put him on the

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