Boston's unbeaten record has people starting to believe ...

People like NBA.Com analyst John Schuhmann:

With the Clippers losing their first game on Friday night in Detroit, the Celtics came into New Jersey Saturday as the only undefeated team left in the Association. They had won their first four games by an average of 18.0 points per game and had a top-five defense to go along with their top-five offense. Oh yeah, they were top three in rebounding differential too.

Despite all that, I arrived at the IZOD Center thinking that the Atlantic Division was still a three-team race (you could find reasons to say that the Raptors or Nets were the best team in the division) and that the Eastern Conference was wide open.

Well, after seeing the new Celtics in person for the first time, I've changed my mind. Boston is definitely the best team in the division and they're my new pick to win the East. (I'm taking a mulligan on my old pick. They stink right now.)

But it's not just because they're 5-0. Five games is five games. A lot of teams in this league will win five straight during the course of the season.

But the Celtics are good. Really good.