Celtics shouldn’t be discouraged by having league’s easiest schedule

The Boston Celtics are among the Eastern Conference's top teams with an 8-2 record. They should be proud of that, with all the doubts swirling about them before the season started. However, sad as it is to say, they have objectively had the NBA's weakest schedule.

Per ESPN, Boston's strength of schedule over their first 10 games has been .403, the worst in the NBA, meaning that of all 30 teams, the Celtics have had it the easiest. That will change over time, and now they're going to get a challenge tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers.

However, there is a glass-half-full viewpoint to this. Even if Boston has had it easy, what's encouraging isn't just that they are winning, but that they are…