You know what's remarkable? If Mitch Kupchak and Danny Ainge were fired in the offseason, the NBA would be looking at another Spurs-Pistons Finals. Instead, they're about to get the best possible alternative.

Perhaps auditioning for Hard Wood , the New Republic’s Christopher Orr does a fine job of creating a strategic conceit for Pistons GM Joe Dumars that sounds suspiciously close to a certain Senator from New York, one who might well be better served getting her own off-season affairs in order . Some in the media are declaring the series over because the Boston Celtics have won four ...

You think the death of Red Auerbach in 2006 would, you know, kill the feud between he and Phil Jackson ? Of course not! Old friend Marcel Mutoni of SLAM Online points out some Jackson sarcasm published by the Boston Globe . Phil Jackson leans forward and lowers his gravelly baritone to a whisper. "The ghost of Red Auerbach is present," he says. "It's very present. ... Danny Ainge and Kevin ...

The Celtics and the Lakers are playing once again, But Boston's kind of different cause I remember when, They used to have a roster of players that were slow, And dudes that couldn't jump, now I just want to know, Who's this bunch of players wearing Celtic green? Where is that Larry Bird? Where is Kevin McHale? Has anybody heard? Where have all the white boys gone? Wedman, Kite, and ...

Doc Rivers last season only won 24 games. A lot of people thought that Rivers was maybe not cut out to be the coach for the Celtics. The General Manager Danny Ainge pulled off a huge trade. Ainge brought in Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. And with that the Celtics has had the biggest turn around [...]