With all of the Boston Celtics’ recent success on the court with their league-leading defense and top-10 offense under rising superstar forward Jayson Tatum, it can be hard to have a tempered view of the team as a fan — never mind as an analyst.
On one hand, one tries not to deny a rolling team its flowers, particularly after becoming a serious threat of a team in the postseason following a rough start to their season. On the other hand, discerning what is a rough start and what is simply statistical and schedule variance is a real challenge, as are our other biases.
There are rumbles of awarding Tatum the elite status of having earned the right to be called a top-five player in the league — is this going a bit too far, even after coming out on top of teams with players like Kevin Durant, Ja Morant and Kyrie Irving on them?
