The rookie season of Victor Wembanyama and his potential for greatness has rival teams believing the San Antonio Spurs are capable of building a dynasty around him in the near future.

"The Spurs are coming because of Victor," said Adrian Wojnarowski on Pardon My Take. "I had a GM, slash, president of one of the teams who is very much in the mix for a championship right now who said to me a couple weeks ago, 'We better all get our winning out of the way fast. We better get our winning done fast. Because once that kid has anybody around him, he's going to win everything all the time."

It is unclear how the Spurs will build around Wembanyama and their timeline for doing so.

"They want to improve the point guard position," said Wojnarowski. "They can go out in the trade market and get a solid veteran point guard who can kind of bridge them for a couple of years. They have so many picks. Maybe they find a point guard in this draft. [Rob] Dillingham from Kentucky or Reed Sheppard.

"Next year's draft is loaded. They could have as many as four lottery picks. I don't think they're going all-in on some veteran who makes $40 million or $50 million... They have to put pieces around him. He's going to dominate this league in ways, I think on both ends of the floor, unlike we've seen."

After a disappointing Game 2 loss for the second consecutive series, Jayson Tatum spoke about the expectations outsiders have placed on the Boston Celtics following their dominant regular season.

“We get it,” Tatum said after the Celtics were blown out in the second half by the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2. “The world thinks we’re never supposed to lose. We’re supposed to win every game by 25. It’s not gonna be like that all the time. We don’t expect it to be easy. This is a good team we’re playing. It’s the second round of the playoffs. It’s going to be fun the rest of the series, especially come Saturday.”

Tatum also talked about the superteam narrative placed on the Celtics.

“That’s the narrative you might see on TV,” Tatum said. “The idea that we have a superteam. It’s two-fold, right? We didn’t have the Coach of the Year. We didn’t have the MVP. We only had two All-Stars. They say we’re a superteam, but we didn’t get rewarded like we are. We know we’ve got a good team. We’re not perfect. We play the right way more often than not. We know we gotta be better.”

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder finished the regular season with the top seeds in their respective conferences and also finished first and second in Net Rating. 

Final 23-24 NBA Regular Season Net Rating
1. Boston Celtics: 11.6
2. Oklahoma City Thunder: 7.4
3. Minnesota Timberwolves: 6.6
4. Denver Nuggets: 5.4
5. New York Knicks: 4.8
6. New Orleans Pelicans: 4.5
7. Los Angeles Clippers: 3.4
8. Philadelphia 76ers: 3.1
9. Phoenix Suns: 3.1
10. Indiana Pacers: 3.0
11. Golden State Warriors: 2.6
12. Milwaukee Bucks: 2.6
13. Cleveland Cavaliers: 2.5
14. Dallas Mavericks: 2.2
15. Orlando Magic: 2.1
16. Miami Heat: 1.8
17. Sacramento Kings: 1.7
18. Houston Rockets: 1.1
19. Los Angeles Lakers: 0.6
20. Chicago Bulls: -1.5
21. Atlanta Hawks: -2.2
22. Brooklyn Nets: -3.0
23. Utah Jazz: -4.9
24. San Antonio Spurs: -6.4
25. Toronto Raptors: -6.4
26. Memphis Grizzlies: -7.1
27. Washington Wizards: -9.0
28. Detroit Pistons: -9.1
29. Portland Trail Blazers: -9.2
30. Charlotte Hornets: -10.5