At 2-11, the Raptors have the worst record in the NBA. Center Jakob Poeltl ranks seventh in the league with a team-leading 11.1 rebounds per game. Shooting guard RJ Barrett has the ninth-most turnovers in the league (3.6).

Now, at the star of the current season, the Celtics are meeting with considerably more resistance than they did throughout the entirety of their last campaign. What is behind this

A good question given the rest of the East, with only the Cavs looking like competition and the West looking like something out of a Mad Max movie.

Do the Boston Celtics have the best bench in the NBA so far this season? The Celtics have started their 2024-25 NBA season hot, as one might expect a recent champion ball club to do. But it is not just pure star power that won them the title last season, nor that has put them in pole position to repeat.