Inside the NBA’s Next Frontier: Which Teams Will Rise, Fall, or Shock the World in 2025-26?
But the Celtics still have a handful of guys that they will want to flank around Tatum when he returns (Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard and, maybe, Anfernee Simons). Boston will want to keep up appearances and show that it can remain quasi-competitive with its best player on the shelf for the entire season.
After trading their 2026 first-round pick for the rights to Derik Queen, the Pelicans have no reason not to win as many games as they can in 2025-26. Unfortunately, this team is extremely injury-prone and, frankly, not equipped to deal with many of the goliaths in the unforgiving Western Conference. So, the Pelicans’ best bet is to diminish the value of the first-round pick they sacrificed as much as they can while also developing their young players (Jeremiah Fears, Yves Missi, Queen and Jordan Hawkins).



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