Sunday, September 30, 2012

The 2008 Celtics Championship team

The 2008 Celtics continued what is the greatest dynasty of all time. Over the years the Celtics have been a dominating franchise. From the 60's to the 70's they were unstoppable. After the 1986 world championship they had a little hick up for 22 years until they won in 2008. It was a slump that was broken by pure talent. The new big three was formed. This consisted of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett. This team came in first place that year and won the championship in style.



These players were acquired by trades. Paul Pierce was already on the team. Ray Allen was acquired by the celtics trading 2 of there players and there first round draft pick in 2007 which was Jeff Green who is actually back on the team now. Kevin Garnett how ever was a totally different story. This was the second biggest trade in NBA history behind the Dwight Howard trade to the Lakers which just happened about 2 months ago. Garnett was traded to the Celtics for five players and 2 draft picks,The Garnett Trade. Why you might ask was he so valuable? The reason why is because he was good and thats it plan and simple.

When the Celtics won is was all smiles for them. Check out this video of the winning Celtics. This was the Celtics winning the title in game 6 vs the LA Lakers. They won by a crazy score of 131-92. It wasn't even close and the Celtics were back on top after this. After 22 seasons with out a ring the Celtics were finally back on top.

This is a picture of the Celtics when they were playing the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs. This Blog explains how the Boston Celtics won the championship. In the playoffs the Celtics beat the Hawks, Cavaliers, Pistons, and then the Lakers for the championship. The blog talks about how when superstars meet up it does not always mean they are going to win. Like in the case of the Miami Heat with there big three they didn't win the first year because they had no team chemistry. The Celtics were different with they help of there beach and the coaching of Doc Rivers they were unstoppable. The blog also talks about how other teams with superstars had success but were not highly watched teams. The reason I picked this blog is because I am a huge Celtics fan and seeing them win in my life time was awesome. Also this blog show how teams can not be successful if they don't work together. The Celtics have a motto and that is Ubuntu, it means together and was established in the 2008 season so the Celtics would play as one. This motto has been used in the organization ever since and the fans support it all the way. Go ahead and check out this link Ubuntu. Also if you are interested you can check out the blog as well Blog on the Big 3. They were the best and are still the best to this day.


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  1. Nick DiMilleSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    Hey Doug, I agree with you about the 2008 Celtics. They were truly one of the best Big Three team even going back to the 80’s big three: Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish. Even though, the 80’s big three had more rings, you could argue that there was more talent now, then there was in the past, and also because the current big three is older. Even with the Celtics knocking off the Cavs with the dominating LeBron James; whom is arguably the best player in the NBA. But when you said, “They were the best and are still the best to this day”, can be argued. With Miami’s big three with: LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. Who already won a championship, and anticipated to win even more. Or the Lakers, who now have a big three with Dwight Howard, who you can say is better than Garrett because of his youth and power. Kobe Bryant who is has 5 rings and is in the rankings with Michael Jordan. Steve Nash, who is the best passer in the league and can be compared to Rondo, but has a shot beyond the arc.

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