You can argue that he is a bit biased given his line of work, but Boston Celtics play-by-play commentator Mike Gorman is pretty optimistic of the team he covers’ prospects in the Disney bubble restart.
In fact, he’s pretty happy with the entire restart writ large, praising league commissioner Adam Silver on the weekly WEEI radio show “Toucher and Rich” this week.
“I think it’s good basketball,” offered the longtime sportscaster, now in his 39th season calling Celtics games.
“That’s the thing that I really like,” he added, “it really is good basketball — and in fact a wide open NCAA Tournament. Right now, there are a half dozen teams that can win this whole thing.”
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And while Gorman did not elaborate on all of the teams in the running to hang a banner in the bubble, he did share his thoughts on the team he covers.
“There are a lot of dark horses in this tournament right now, and I think the Celtics are one of six or seven teams that can win the whole thing,” he observed.
With the way they’ve been playing against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the Eastern Conference 2020 NBA Playoffs, it’s not an unreasonable position.
But it will take some real growth from the stars all the way down to the rookies if they are to weather veteran forward Gordon Hayward’s absence as he rests his severely-sprained ankle.
