Which Team Has the Brighter Future?
It’s hard to say. Predicting which teams has a brighter future is subjective. It depends on what people want most from their basketball team. The Celtics will likely make the playoffs and get past the first round next season, but they have no shot at taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers or Golden State Warriors.
Drafting Brown and having the ability to swap picks with a Nets team that is likely to be bad enough to have a good chance at winning the 2017 NBA Lottery allows the Celtics to groom the next NBA superstar while fans enjoy competitive basketball.
But the Celtics newly signed best player is 30 years old and his skills will suffer some level decline by the time Brown and the player they draft with the Nets’ 2017 pick reaches their full potential. The Celtics simply do not have all their stars at an age to mature simultaneously.
Now let’s turn to examine the Philadelphia 76ers.
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