The Boston Celtics will be pointing fingers at each other tonight at the TDBanknorth Garden.
But they will be smiling when they do.
Their hard earned NBA championship rings will be distributed to the players at pre-game ceremonies.
Even Scot Pollard and at last look, PJ Brown will be flown in for the event. Only current New Orleans Hornet James Posey will be not be able to attend the festivities.
Combined with raising banner #17, it will be the final ceremony to close out the celebrations of achieving last season’s ultimate accomplishment.
Lebron James has stated he won’t be watching when they do the deed.
Indeed. The NBA has curiously put Boston’s 2nd round opponents of last season’s play-offs, the Cavaliers, here for the event. Some feel that a whole year together with last year’s trade imports, plus Mo Williams, will make the Lebron James led Cavs a true rival for the title this season.
Echoes will reverberate through the Garden of that now famous 7th game duel between LeBron and Paul Pierce for a long, long time.
But those echoes will be driven out for long moments of jewelry admiration and fan appreciation on this evening. The Celtics will be stylin’ some glistening and heavy armor on their digits. As Doc said, all the other accolades end up on shelves. The rings are walking billboards of unique and historic accomplishment. Raise ‘em and praise ‘em.
The Celtics climbed the NBA’s Mount Everest in a single season. Making history, the league’s biggest turnaround (42 games), ended in storybook fashion. Will they live happily ever after?
Yes….and no.
Long live the king – the king is dead. End equals beginning.
The Celtics embark on another long march up the NBA hill. These same Celtics, plus a few, minus a few, will remove their ‘nice ice’ baby, and get to work on proving they aren’t one hit wonders like that Vanilla fellow. They’d rather be the Ceatles with a string of number ones. Will they ‘come together’ to make it happen?
The Big Three version 2 Celtics, season two journey starts tonight on TNT at 8. But they better be ready, because there is a player on the other team that almost singlehandedly beat them a few short months ago. His name is James. He is back, and he’s brought help…’Mo’ help, if you will.
