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Justin Quinn

Ranking NBA Finals favorites after the Damian Lillard trade

The NBA landscape and expectations of Boston Celtics fans have undergone significant changes with the recent trade of star point guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers to the Milwaukee Bucks, reshaping the Eastern Conference and in truth league contenders for the upcoming season.

To talk us through how he sees the new league landscape for the coming 2023-24 season, former NBAer Channing Frye put together a video that has him ranking all of the league’s potential contending ball clubs in the wake of the Lillard deal still sinking into our collective consciousness. Frye sees the Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks, and Golden State Warriors as being in the mix.

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But you will have to watch the Bleacher Report clip embedded below to hear the order Frye puts them in after the Lillard deal.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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