Bold predictions for every team in the East: Celtics No. 1 seed, Pistons big trade, and surprising NBA champ

The years of the Leastern Conference are over. The East is better than it has been in ages, and there are going to be a lot of surprises this season with 11 good teams vying for eight playoff slots. Young players will break out, trades will be made, and several teams will over perform or under perform. Many of those results are impossible to guess, but I'm going to do my best anyway with bold predictions for all 15 teams in the East. These outcomes would be surprising but not shocking, and I don't expect the majority of them to come true. But here's what could happen, ordered from my mildest to hottest takes.MORE: NBA Power Rankings in 2029: Which teams have brightest future?Bold predictions for each team in the East Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images New York: The Knicks will have three All-