These 2 teams are in completely diff stages right now... Hard to say which 1 has a brighter future because of that.

Minnesota arguably has the best young core in basketball with KAT, Wiggins, Lavine, Dieng, etc, etc. and they have another early draft pick as well. They should keep getting better and better over the next few years and could become a very good team. But there's so much time between now and then and so many things could happen that could potentially derail them becoming a legit team.

Boston has already been to the playoffs these last 2 seasons and have a great coach in Stevens. While they don't have a star player right now, they have a lot of solid players and a boat load cap space this offseason along with like 8 draft picks this year, which includes a potential top 3 pick, #16 and #22 overall. They've got The assets + cap space that allow them the opportunity to be extremely active during free agency and in the draft. If they can get 1 of the top free agents in the offseason and add some good players in the draft, they could take that next step and go from a playoff team to a legit contender in a short period of time.

Minnesota has more room to improve considering they won like 29 games this past season, while Boston won 48 games this year and is the #5 seed in the East. A lot harder to go from the #5 seed to an elite team than it is to go from a 29 win team to a team that makes the playoffs.

But Boston has the cap space + draft picks to get a very good player, maybe even 2 or 3. And it's an attractive franchise for free agents because it's the Celtics and because of Brad Stevens. Minnesota already has a nice young group, and another early draft pick, but it remains to be seen how good that group could be. KAT is a stud, that's for sure, and Wiggins has had a nice season. But it remains to be seen how good that team can potentially be considering it's so far down the road ( a lot of things can happen) and we have no idea who they will hire as a coach. Plus, it's Minnesota.

I'm saying Boston for now. Mainly because of the cap space + draft picks. And I trust Boston, Brad Stevens, and Danny Ainge way more than I trust Minnesota. But I still think Minnesota has a very bright future and love the young talent they have. Especially KAT.

This post was edited on 4/18/16 at 10:13 pm