Going... Going...

I was waiting for this one. You gotta love being a Celtics fan right now

Well, apparently the Garnett to Boston it’s a done deal, I promised you something smart, and you won’t get it. Life is fill with disappointments, get used to it.

The question here is, how much damaged can the new Celtics do in the Eastern Conference. First of all, we need to be in the same page, the Eastern Conference for this year is not looking better than last year incarnation. Transactions like Rashard Lewis to Orlando, Joe Smith to the Bulls, Jamal Magliore to the Nets and Smush Parker to the Heat, are not contender making moves. The East sucks. For the last couple of years, the top of the crop have been Detroit, which has 5 straight Eastern Conference Finals, 2 NBA Finals and one championship since 2004, Miami with 2 Eastern Conference Finals appearances and the 2006 NBA Championship and the Cavs with 2 Conference Finals and one NBA Finals cameo. Nice resume for them, really, specially Detroit's.

This are the obstacles that Boston needs to overcome:

Detroit: Past their prime, they come from having and “we against the world” attitude to a “we are so cocky, we cant loose a series even if we try” attitude

Miami: They are not only old, they just don’t care anymore. Besides, I don’t know how successful Wade approach can be in the long run. Just look at Iverson

Cleveland: Lebron is too damn good. The crappy part here is that he doesn’t always “compete” as hard as we know he can and his team is too damn bad.

The second tier of “power teams” includes Chicago, Washington, New Jersey and maybe Orlando. All this teams have a big hole, or two, in some key facet of the game.

There you have it, that’s the scenario Kevin Garnet is facing, it doesn’t appear that bad and with a roster that includes a shooter/scorer and a scorer/slasher,things get a lot easier. They still don’t have a bench or a real center to pair with KG inside and that’s where the issues might arise; my real source of concern is that Danny Ainge is so bad at his job that he and only he (and maybe Kevin McHale) can screw this up. Next thing we know, there will be a press conference with a proud Danny Ainge presenting Michael Olowokandi and Jason Williams (the motorcycle riding ex Bull) as their reinforces. That’s just depressing.

Until that happens, Boston fans have reasons to joy, reasons to glow and to look up to the next season. Boston has a team with a lot of leadership, defense, passing and shooting, but all of this its coming from 3 guys. Big things are going to be expected from the likes of Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins; no matter what happens with this kids , Boston will win the Atlantic Division and their playoff run will depend of Allen's and Pierce's injuries, if they can stay healthy and we don’t witness another “DWade Free Throw Parade”, they will probably reach the NBA Finals, and with the talent and the heart this team has, I think only San Antonio or a VERY, VERY hungry Phoenix team could beat them in a 7 game series.

Hallelujah

Finally, some news; everybody is reporting that a Kevin Garnet trade to Boston is on the works and very likely to happen. The asking price for the big ticket includes Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff's contract and someone between Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Rajon Rondo and Ryan G0mez. This transforms the Celtics from a old rusty Volkswagen to a brand new Camaro (I know, too much Transformers...) and gives them between year and half and two years to win the title. If KG is going to Boston, an extension will be a given. What will not be a given is Ray Allen legs in the next two years and Danny Ainge's ability to obtain any other quality player in order for them to have a bench.

So, if this happens Garnett would have put his career on the hands of Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge. This only shows the Basketball Gods’ sick sense of humor and a cold blooded despise to Garnett. When a 37 year old Kevin Garnett signs with a Billy King managed franchise, the prophecy will be completed, don’t say I didn’t' warn you.

If the trade goes through, I'll write what I think about it (yeah, I know... big deal), I promise you it will be something smart.

Something else in the wire today, after Curry (the fat guy not playing defense in the middle for the Knicks) and Antoine Walker (the fat guy sitting in the end of Pat Riley's bench) were mugged in Chicago, the Bulls are warning their players and staff:

"Don't get fat. You have been warned. By the way, this conversation never happened"

Pd: The quote is not an actual quote. Just me being a poor blogger.

Bad Timing

A'right, I know this a very very bad moment to start an NBA blog, because well... NBA sucks right now! We are coming from an horrible NBA season in which among others thing,we were fortunate to saw:

1.Pat Riley getting off basketball Olympus when he decided to have surgery when Shaq and Wade were in the shell, aka "when his team needed him the most."
2. Spurs games where the highlights were Eva Longoria's cheers
3. Lebron James giving a Gooden's ass about the first half of the season
4. Danny Ainge running a basketball team and Doc Rivers coaching it
5. Dirk Nowitzki smiling at his MVP trophy presentation.
6. Kevin Mchale ruining a basketball career. Actually this is more of a continuation of the last 8 to 9 seasons

I'm sure I forgot some other forgettable golden moments. After the "Nessie Revenge" and the "Big Body Check Rob" in the playoffs, the finals worked as a great debate stage about who's better: Oden or Durant. And then, at some point in game 2, about the Spurs' place in history. After that the draft came and gone with a lot of noise and "rumors", pretty much nothing worth reading about really happened. Next step, the offseason, wich featured two former 19 year old rookies getting heavily overpaid.

So, here we are, what I'm going to write about it's anybody guess, it will probably be a lot of complains and bitching and more complaining.