Boring season, playoffs and finals.
This is a transitional period where legends are aging out (LeBron, Curry) while the next group of potential legendary players are young and still sorting themselves out (Doncic, Edwards, Wemby, others TBD), so it makes sense that a team like the Celtics would win with a very lackluster best player.
The guys in the middle like Giannis and Jokic could be in that group as well, but Giannis needs to stay healthy and Jokic never struck me as someone who had the drive to go back to back. Wouldn't surprise me at all if Denver barnstorms through the playoffs next year.