The Boston Celtics received the NBA championship on Monday, and given how younger a lot of their core is, many really feel they’ve the potential to win a minimum of one or two extra world titles within the subsequent handful of years.
Nonetheless, it’s by no means simple to win a number of championships in any sport, particularly within the NBA, the place the wage cap has change into much more restrictive than it already was.
There are a couple of groups that would legitimately problem Boston subsequent season, and former Miami Warmth massive man Udonis Haslem mentioned on ESPN’s “First Take” that his outdated group will likely be their greatest challenger subsequent season, per NBACentral.
Haslem says Miami is Boston’s greatest menace
“Duncan Robinson. Terry Rozier. Jimmy Butler. A young superstar in Bam Adebayo.
A young superstar in Tyler Herro. Jaime Jaquez Jr. Niko Jovic. Why don’t nobody ever say the Miami Heat?”(🎥 @FirstTake )
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 21, 2024
The Warmth reached the NBA Finals only a 12 months in the past after holding off the Celtics within the Japanese Convention Finals, and a few really feel they might’ve challenged Jayson Tatum’s crew this 12 months within the first spherical had Jimmy Butler been wholesome.
The Celtics made massive adjustments after getting blown out in Sport 7 of the East finals final 12 months, which resulted in Marcus Good getting traded and Jrue Vacation and Kristaps Porziņģis arriving.
Whereas the injury-prone Porzingis suffered two separate well being illnesses throughout this 12 months’s postseason, Vacation made a huge impact at each ends of the ground.
Nonetheless, Vacation is 34 years of age, and it’s anybody’s guess how for much longer he’ll play at a excessive degree.
There are different potential threats to the Celtics within the East, together with the New York Knicks, and the Celtics could must improve their roster, notably their bench, with a purpose to earn one other Larry O’Brien Trophy subsequent 12 months.
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