COMMENTARY
Sorry, Bucks. You’ve had a wonderful season, but we’re going to need you to get out of the way. Same for you, you resilient champion Raptors, still so tough even with Kawhi Leonard gone west.
As for you Sixers? Consider this a thank you for your early implosion and chronic underachievement. We’re not saying Al Horford is an embedded Celtic. But hey, we’re not saying he’s not, either.
The whole lot of you — true contenders and phony pretenders for Eastern Conference supremacy in the NBA — are officially on notice. The Celtics need to get to the Finals this year.