Well, no offense, coach, but I think it is more likely that Drake May is the MVP of the NFL

than it is that the Celtics get to the Eastern Conference Finals. But I love your optimism.

Love it. And I don't know, you kind of, you said top three. You didn't say Eastern Conference,

but. Well, by being in the Eastern Conference Finals, theoretically, it would be a top four team in the NBA, right? Yes. So he has a little bit, tiny little bit of what we call Wiggle Room there. I would also say to defend Wiggy that, like, there are seasons where five of the best teams are in one of the conferences, not the others.

So just because you make a conference final doesn't mean that you're one of the top four teams.

No, no, I think that I'm talking about when you look at the Eastern Conference, Orlando, the Knicks last year,

these were some of the teams that were, you know, in that mix.

Cleveland, I believe, was the one seed.

You were the two seed. I believe, was the one seed. You were the two seed.

I forget who was the three seed, but Milwaukee is going to be dealing with stuff. So I don't know. Pacers were there? Paces, they're another team that's down. with a three seed last year.

Yeah, so the Knicks with a three seat.

So the Pacers are dealing with the Tyrese Halliburton.

So this door is open for the Celtics in the Eastern Conference.

And then if the reports that Tatum could be back yeah or he wants

to be back somewhere between you know around around January yeah jB holds it down till then okay

coming up they said it in about 15 minutes, and Brad Marshand makes his return to the Boston Garden this evening.

And we will hear what he said.

He misses most about Boston coming up during they said it.

Courtney, you don't know it yet, but in about seven or eight months, you are going to be

desperate for a simple night out. And not a night out like you used to have, you know, where you're,

you know, up on, you know, dancing on tables somewhere around Boston College.

Just a simple night out.

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