#2 Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics were credited as an almost shoe-in to win the Eastern Conference now that LeBron James had moved out west. After taking the Cleveland Cavaliers to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, without their two stars Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, the expectations were that with these two they should walk through the east with ease.
Unfortunately for Celtics fans, they have struggled to get it going to begin the season and have been battling .500 for the majority of the season so far. Brad Stevens has failed to find a successful way to involve all their stars into one lineup and has resulted in the Celtics having one of the worst offensive ratings in the entire NBA.
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Their inefficiency and inability on offense has resulted in them already losing heavy ground to Eastern Conference rivals, the Raptors, Bucks and 76ers.
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