With about three weeks to go until NBA training camp, ESPN described the Boston Celtics, essentially, as being a team capable of racking up wins in the regular season, but not being a team they believed in to do much damage in the playoffs.

For what it's worth, I actually feel a little less optimistic about the C's ability to pile up regular season wins, simply because I think the Eastern Conference as a whole is much better this season than it's been in recent years. I've written here multiple times that I think the C's are destined for the No. 5 or the No. 6 in the Eastern Conference, not the No. 2 seed they earned last season.

I see the 76ers, Knicks, Cavaliers and Pistons as better than them, and I see the Raptors as probably better than them once the Kawhi Leonard trade goes down.

That said, let's take a look at ESPN's assessment and break it down.

To me, the biggest worry for the Celtics in the playoffs comes from the lack of completely reliable scoring options. 

It feels like, once again, the C's will be relying on the three-point shot this season, and we know how fickle that can be. It was the biggest reason for their playoff loss in the first round last season, but that's just how the Celtics are built right now.

Paul George, Payton Pritchard, Derrick White and Sam Hauser are all perimeter scorers, and Jayson Tatum becomes a jumpshooter all too often.

Furthermore, the Celtics also seem like they will be relying on young players like Baylor Scheierman and Hugo Gonzalez, and are they ready to graduate into being focal points of a playoff series? Maybe, but with young players and a one-track scoring system, the Celtics seem to lack overall options and balance.

Furthermore, since I think the Celtics are destined for a No. 5 or No. 6 seed, that would mean they don't have homecourt advantage and will be playing a team they are not clearly better than. All of that adds up to issues in May and June, at least for me.

The Team USA Women's National Team, which is coached by former Celtics assistant Kara Lawson, will take on Hungary at 5:30 a.m. ET on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the tournament. Other games to follow are China and France (8:30 a.m. ET), Belgium and Germany (11:45 a.m. ET) and Australia and Spain (2:45 p.m. ET).

The US has won 11 World Cup gold medals.