Just remeber before this season starts:
In 1956-57 The Celtics won the NBA Championship with a roster containing 7 Hall of Famers (Cousy, Sharman, Ramsey, Heinsohn, Russell, Risen, and Phillip) .
The next year they brought back all of those guys and even brought in HOF Rookie Guard Sam Jones. But with the injury to 3rd year forward Jim Luscutoff (8pts 8reb in the playoffs the year prior) they fell in the Finals to the St. Louis Hawks.
In 1958 they came back hard, and behind their HOF backcourt of Cousy+Sharman(combined 40 pts per game) went 52-20 and stormed to a 2nd championship in 3 years, defeating Elgin Baylor and The Lakers in the 1959 NBA Finals.
I expect similar storylines.
