Jones & Keefe: Celtics or the field? - video Dailymotion

Skip to player Skip to main content Skip to footer

4/18/2025

Category

Transcript

Display full video transcript

00:00Celtics or the field?

00:01Wide open, I think, for the Celtics.

00:04If you had to vote right now, would you take the field or the Celtics?

00:07So I'm going to take the Celtics,

00:09and it's because I think they're 100% getting to the finals.

00:12As much as I like the Cavs and Donovan Mitchell,

00:15and I think that might be an A series,

00:17but I'm 100% taking them to get to the finals.

00:20I think the Thunder are the best team in the West.

00:22I will take the Celtics right now in a nail-biter series over the Thunder,

00:27but the reason why I'm a little bit more confident in the overall answer

00:29is because no guarantee the Thunder get there.

00:32And if it's anybody other than the Thunder, I have quite a bit of confidence,

00:35and if it is the Thunder, I have a smidge of confidence.

00:38So to answer your question, I'll take the seat.

00:39And I agree with the way you're looking at it.

00:41It's just who's more likely to get to the finals?

00:43The Celtics are more likely to get there.

00:45If it's Boston and OKC, I personally would take OKC.

00:49I would disagree with you on that.

00:50They're both healthy. It's best on best.

00:52I would take Oklahoma City over the Celtics.

00:54But I acknowledge the Thunder have a way tougher path to get there,

00:57and the Celtics are much more likely to get there.

01:00So if you're playing the odds, the Celtics will be there.

01:01I'm not sure the Thunder will.

01:03I get that logic.

01:04I would take the field over the Celtics based purely on OKC

01:07being the best team in the league and better head-to-head.

01:10When they played them this year, they got to get there.

01:13But I do think the Celtics have a relatively wide open path to get there.

01:17I don't want to call it easy.

01:18Last year was easy.

01:20When you're missing superstars on the other side,

01:22they're injured, they're not even playing, that's easy.

01:24And that's historically a joke.

01:27As long as they get healthy teams this year,

01:29Orlando's healthy, New York slash Detroit is healthy in round two,

01:33Cleveland's healthy in the finals.

01:34I'm not going to call it easy.

01:35I do think it's wide open.

01:36But that's a credit to the Celtics.

01:37They're just that much better than the rest of the Eastern Conference.

Recommended

1:53

Up next

Jones & Keefe: Is the Celtics home or road record more indictive of the team?

2/12/2025

20:28

Jones & Keefe: What's next for the Celtics?

7/9/2025

2:08

Jones & Keefe: Have we seen the best of the Celtics yet?

5/7/2025

20:46

Jones & Keefe: What is standing between the Celtics and another championship?

4/17/2025

2:10

Jones & Keefe: Where should the concern level be with the Celtics?

1/29/2025

1:34

Jones & Keefe: Do we now have a series between the Celtics and Knicks?

5/6/2025

2:01

Jones & Keefe: Are the Celtics primed to go back-to-back?

10/2/2024

2:19

Jones & Keefe: Do the Celtics have enough to win this series?

5/15/2025

2:18

Jones & Keefe: Was a weakness of the Celtics exposed?

12/11/2024

1:59

Jones & Keefe: What are the expectations for the Celtics next season?

7/1/2025

2:12

Jones & Keefe: What would it take for the Celtics to move on from Jaylen Brown or Derrick White?

6/13/2025

19:41

Jones & Keefe: Will the Celtics move Derrick White or Jaylen Brown?

6/25/2025

1:14

Jones & Keefe: What is the likelihood of a Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals?

3/5/2025

1:36

Jones & Keefe: Celtics Summer League Takeaways

7/16/2025

1:47

Jones & Keefe: Should the Celtics be in on Damian Lillard?

7/9/2025

2:14

Jones & Keefe: Where is the urgency from the Red Sox?

5/7/2025

1:34

Jones & Keefe: Are the Celtics gunning for the franchise road victory record?

4/2/2025

16:51

Jones & Keefe: The latest on the trade candidates for the Celtics

6/12/2025

2:17

Jones & Keefe: Turp on the biggest strenghts of the Celtics

10/30/2024

2:18

Jones & Keefe: Do the Celtics need to take more threes? Justin Turpin joins the show

1/15/2025

1:40

Jones & Keefe: Can the Celtics still win this series?

5/9/2025

1:07

Jones & Keefe: A busy summer is coming for the Celtics

5/19/2025

2:04

Jones & Keefe: Now may be the time to start worrying about the Celtics

1/16/2025

18:19

Jones & Keefe: Should the Celtics move Kristaps Porzingis to the bench?

5/7/2025

1:37

Jones & Keefe: One area the Celtics must capitalize on in series with Magic

4/17/2025