Friday, June 20, 2008

Congratulations Celtics

By: Frank Carpano

Did you ever believe as bad as things got in the past 2 decades, that you’d ever see another Boston NBA title
My first thought when Danny Ainge brought the big 3 together, wasn’t we’re NBA title bound….I wondered how the heck the 3 were going to play together. And that was debated everywhere after the deal was done.

How were these 3 big shots going to decide who was going to get the ball for the final shot. Could they all get along on the court.
Despite their protests to the contrary, I had to see it to believe it.
And they were true to their word

A couple of things got me choked up as I watched these guys complete the greatest worst to first move in NBA History.
All the suffering that a guy like Paul Pierce has done the past few years…to see him hugging Doc Rivers was truly special.
For all the money these guys make….they finally got something all their millions can’t buy…..the championship trophy
Watching Kevin Garnett hug Bill Russell. You could hear Garnett say, referring to the championship “I got Mine”
And then saying to Russell “ I hope we made you proud”
In an age when too many young people don’t have an appreciation for the past….it was a great bridge of 2 generations.
How did they do it…..How about Ray Allen. His game left for dead early in the playoffs, he hits 22 3’s in the Finals!
How did they do it? D-E-F-E-N-S-E