Serena Winters is the Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter for LakersNation.com and a contributor to Spectrum SportsNet. Twitter: @SerenaWinters  Derek Bodner hosts Sixers Beat on CLNS Radio and covers the Philadelphia 76ers and NBA Draft for DraftExpress.  Twitter: @DerekBodnerNBA  Bob Ryan is a longtime sports scribe for the Boston Globe. Twitter: @GlobeBobRyan   0:36 Celtics week & show synopsis 4:50 Does the NBA “need” Lakers/Celtics/Sixers to be good? 9:30 Primer of 76ers & Lakers 12:02 LHR on why Sixers will reach title contender status first 16:03 Bodner on LA 18:50 Winters on Boston 21:56 Why the Celts are in best position of all 25:25 How far away are Lakers? 32:15 Isaiah Thomas is really 5’7” 34:12 Are Celts a Jimmy Butler or Paul George away from contention? 41:35 Why Boston should not trade Nets pick 45:30 Is this roster a bridge group? 50:20 Is Isaiah Thomas having the best offensive season in Boston history?   Celtics Beat is presented by MVMT Watches, Audible, Casper, Blue Apron and Zip Recruiter.  Available for download on iTunes and Stitcher on Sunday, February 12th.  Powered by CLNS Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices