Most basketball people have low expectations for the 2025-26 Boston Celtics, but the team employs none of those people.

The energy within Boston’s organization remains optimistic and geared towards winning, despite the outside world fixated on what it views as a guaranteed Celtics drop-off from the team’s recent run of yearly title contention.

Sure, the current Celtics depth chart doesn’t scream contender, but is this squad already underrated?

It would be foolish to ignore the impact of Jayson Tatum’s absence. Any NBA team becomes much worse without its best player on the court.

On the other hand, much of the media narratives surrounding the Celtics have been overly negative, in many cases to the tune of advocating for tanking, or at least considering it . That’s an odd discourse to

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