The Boston Celtics and the rest of the league are supposedly in their summer doldrums period of the NBA's 2023 offseason, yet a surprising (and not always entirely positive) flow of news is still percolating.

From rumored injuries and withdrawals from FIBA World Cup play to the long arc of justice finally connecting with some very poor decisions made by Celtics alumni with regards to insurance fraud and new NBA 2k ratings getting dropped, there's plenty for Boston fans to think about this week. And with the Celtics Wire's annual fan survey results finally in, we even have our own thoughts on the Boston season to come, the one that just was, and what was done in between them to consider.

So for this week's CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast, the hosts reached out to "First To The Floor" podcast host Wayne Spooney for some help sorting through an unexpectedly busy week for Celtics news in early August as we see just how much we agree with you about this Boston ball club, and whether it's got the goods to deliver Banner 18.

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