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#5 Boston Celtics
Coming into the 2018-19 season, the picture could not have been rosier for the Celtics. They were the preseason favorites to make the NBA Finals having taken King James' Cavaliers to 7 games in the Conference Finals. They seemingly had an endless store of picks to trade for valuable contributors in the playoffs in addition to an exciting young core led by a championship winning point guard. Scary Terry was a real thing!
Cut to draft day this year, and those picks are still stuck with the Cs in a draft that has few 'sure things' below the #4 slot. Meanwhile, their roster is in a state of virtually irreparable damage as the likes of Kyrie Irving and Al Horford seem poised to move to greener pastures for their own separate reasons, setting the Celtics' championship window a few more years ahead into the future than fans like me had ever envisioned.
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