TERRE HAUTE -- Had a moment here while watching the Colts quarterbacks throw rollouts to the ball boys (ooh, John Navarre just threw that one halfway to Carbondale) to notice that the Boston Celtics are apparently about to seal the Kevin Garnett deal.
This has immediately sent some foaming-at-the-mouth types into spasms of gooey sentimentality, raving that -- with KG, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in the house -- the glory days of the Celtics are about to return at last. The more seriously deranged were even predicting an NBA Finals berth.
Please. Do I really need to remind everyone that this is the Celtics we're talking about, a team that was 24-58 last year? That even though they played in the pathetic Eastern Conference, that was still just two games better than Memphis (22-60), who had the worst record in the league? That three stars plus one basketball on one team isn't math that adds up very often?
The Celts in the Finals?
Only if Bird and McHale rejoin GM Danny Ainge. As players.
-- Ben Smith
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