The Boston Celtics are a "team of the future in the East", according to Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr. While lavishing praise on the red-hot Celtics on Tuesday, Kerr may have provided LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers the bulletin-board material they need to pull themselves out of their early-season funk, as well as motivate them come play-off time. Speaking ahead of Golden State's Thursday game at Boston, Kerr went beyond the obvious – that coach Brad Stevens and point guard Kyrie Irving are both "amazing" – to mention Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and "really smart, really sharp" big men Al Horford and Aron Baynes as pieces that make the Celtics the team to watch in the East.