""If Jayson Tatum comes back, I wouldn't put them as the favorite," Perkins acknowledged, "but I would say this: Even without Jayson Tatum, the Celtics are the most dangerous team in the NBA. "They're the only team that's like a top-three seed in their conference with no expectations," he added. "That's a dangerous team. They're playing with house money.""
""If I had to vote today, Jaylen Brown gets my vote for MVP. He is the best two-way player in the game. He's the only player in the NBA that is top five in scoring and top five defensively when it comes down to opponent field goal percentage. That is MVP status. I don't want to say this to slight Derrick White or be disrespectful to what Payton Pritchard is doing, but Jaylen Brown is doing more with less, so he would get my MVP vote.""
The Celtics entered the 2025-26 season with reduced expectations after offseason departures and Jayson Tatum's Achilles rehabilitation. Through 53 games, the Celtics sit second in the Eastern Conference and appear poised for another postseason run. The team has continued winning without full strength, creating an unusual situation of a top-seed caliber roster carrying low external expectations. That positioning makes Boston a dangerous postseason opponent. Jaylen Brown is producing elite two-way impact, ranking among the league's top scorers while also being elite defensively by opponent field-goal percentage, strengthening his MVP case.
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