Are the Bucks the biggest threat to Celtics to win the East? | NBA Countdown

Are the Bucks the biggest threat to Celtics to win the East? | NBA Countdown

CH auma Kendrick Perkins Brian windhorse we are getting you ready for this showdown between the Bucks and the Celtics yes we know the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics both will not be at full strength in this one I’m not sure if this is some Checkers or chests

Going on by opponents that seem to be on a collision course to meet in the playoffs we hope it’s in the Conference Finals but do you think that the Bucks have the best chance of any team of knocking off the Celtics to represent the East brand in the East I do because

I think they have the nice mix of experience and then Firepower because if you’re going to beat the Celtics you got to be able to score I know they’ve got one of the best defenses in the league but when they get going from a three-point range they are very hard to

To to tangle with when Chris Middleton is healthy when Dame Lillard and yon ten K are working well together the Bucks have that and when they play their best defensively which we’ve seen it on and off over the last two months they can they can do some damage too well well

Let’s hit the edit button for a minute let’s punch the edit button because it should be which team will be the biggest threat to the Denver Nuggets for us winning a title not the Celtics the Denver Nuggets are the defending champs right and when I think about the nuggets

And I look at we already know what Murray and joic is going to do in the twom Man game the taner between Gordon and and joic how they you know do offensively but it’s Michael Porter Jr 20 points per game his last five games

And he has been on a high streak so when I think about the Nuggets yeah we could talk about the death the lack of death that they have don’t have on the bench but the growth of Michael Porter Jr the trust that I’m watching out of Michael

Malone right now they actually are the team I mean should be the front runner to win the championship so so taking that edit into consideration do you think that it’s going to be the Celtics and the Denver Nuggets is there anyone who’s standing in the Celtics way in the east

No no one and I love the Knicks they just not healthy look I’m going to add another edit I think the biggest threat to the Boston Celtics are the Boston Celtics themselves I mean on paper and also what fear but fear itself fear itself I mean this is like we’re waiting

For them to take the next step with their confidence perk you talk a lot about signature wins like we’re looking for these moments we’re looking for Jason Tatum who talked to you Malika Andrews about wanting to be that best player in the NBA it’s on them at this

Point because if you look at what they’ve done the body of work they will have homecourt advantage through the throughout the entirety of the playoffs they’re 31 and three at home their starters give you the most points in basketball 93 points per game among starters that’s solid and then also when

You compare them to the Nuggets I currently think that the nuggets are still the favorite until Celtics prove it but if you look at the Nuggets there’s an argument that the Celtics have improved in a way that maybe the Nuggets Haven meaning they brought in chingus was helped and Drew

Holiday so I’m looking at the Spider-Man I always bring this up that Spider-Man meme the Celtics are looking at themselves and trying to prove that they are the real oh yeah maybe that is but here’s the question right let’s say those two teams do meet in the NBA Finals can

Christyle porzingis I got you got it hold hold tight hold up throughout the longevity of the postseason we haven’t seen that we’re talking about the NBA Finals a guy who has an injury history like you know injury pass so like what are we talking failures of the Celtics

Over the last two years in the finals to the to the Warriors and last year in the Conference Finals to the heat were supposed to be covered up by the acquisition of porzingis that is the reason they went out and got him and they need him to be healthy to make that

Happen and the role that Chris porzingis has with the Celtics this is the most advantageous meaning he’s not called to be the Unicorn the guy he’s called to stretch the floor that responsibility will go to Jason Tatum Jaylen Brown and Company so it’s not all on him they can

Withstand a couple up and down nights you got to be called to be something if you going against joic well he’s also statistically been the most efficient this season been the most efficient postup player in the last 10 years Chris porzingis has been so he’s shown that range as [Applause] well NBA on is

NBA Countdown’s Malika Andrews, Chiney Ogwumike, Brian Windhorst and Kendrick Perkins debate if a healthy version of the Milwaukee Bucks featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton are the biggest threat to Boston Celtics to win the Eastern Conference.

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