Kevin O'Connor writes for the ringer.

He did an article recently about how the Spurs and Celtics are in similar circumstances,

and he also has one that will concentrate on.

And are the Celtics better off planning to be contenders, real contenders, in 2018, or should they be focused on the future?

He joins us on the 18th expert hotline.

Hello, Mr. Kevin O'Connor.

Good morning, guys.

We appreciate you coming on.

Now, in your opinion, what is the answer to this question?

Right, is there any move that the Celtics could make now that could make them competitive,

not competitive, that could potentially beat the Cavaliers in a seven-game series?

Probably not realistically.

You know, unless like they went totally all in.

And I think that's the big question this summer is, I mean, I think everybody, you know,

understands that they're probably in all likelihood they are going for Gordon Hayward this summer.

So it would require moving a little bit of cap side Hayward.

But then after that, Hayward is just not enough, and neither is Markle Foltz

to put them over the top of Cleveland next year.

But they could theoretically, you know, go all in by trying to get Butler or Paul George, too.

The question is, would it make sense to do that rather than holding on to some of the young guys,

like the Nets Pick next year, Fultz, Brown, and, you know, keeping this super young core really talented

that is going to be cheap for the next four years, and then you still have their rights from

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