Michael Wilbon: If healthy, Knicks would beat Celtics in ECF

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While the Celtics wait to see who their Eastern Conference finals opponent will be, one ESPN analyst has a favorite to win a hypothetical matchup — if that team was at full strength.

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon said he would pick the New York Knicks to beat the Celtics in a theoretical East finals between the two. That is, if the Knicks were not decimated by injuries.

“If the Knicks were healthy, I would take them to beat the Boston Celtics, who I can’t trust,” Wilbon said…