On Ressuscitating A Glorious Franchise...

Boston Celtics: Headed For #17...!
Not a done deal
by any stretch of the imagination
but they certainly are placing
all the right pieces together...
Kevin Garnett
Paul Pierce
Ray Allen;
all franchise players
The Celts haven't had a Big Three
like this triumverate
since the early to mid-80s
and the three championships
won by Larry Bird
Robert Parish
and Kevin McHale.
And a supporting cast member
from that bygone era of greatness
-Danny Ainge-
is the one who put together
this new trio of all-stars
bound for gold
most assuredly...
But a nostalgic one like me
can only reflect
at times like these
on what was
what could have been
what will never be...
For one can resurrect
in effect
a failing franchise
with a glorious history
unequalled in all of sports
- doing what Ainge did...
Making bold moves
to win NOW
and not later...
In doing so, though,
the developing
Celtics Pride
that youngsters such as
Ryan Gomes
Al Jefferson
and Gerald Green
were showing
in the troubled 2006 season
will never come to fruition
as they are unlikely to ever come back to the city of Boston
other than as a visiting team's
unmotivated *or* revengeful player!

Resurrecting a team
is possible, yes -
but resurrecting a legend
is not - not for us it isn't.
Only GOD Can Do that.
Arnold "Red" Auerbach
will never return
nor will we ever see
the likes of him again.



Reggie Lewis
will never rush the floor
for his beloved team
ever again.


Dennis Johnson
will never return
in any capacity either.


Nor will
legends Bob Cousy
Bill Russell
John Havlicek
and so many others
who contributed
to the 16 championships
8 in a row
9 in ten years
11 in 13 years
that the greatest franchise
in pro-sports history
tallied up from 1957
to 1986.
Those were one-time events
and the players,
the stage,
the circumstances
will never, ever return.


Best the New Big Three can do
is emulate - mimic - imitate
those legendary exploits.


Because they can never be
truly duplicated.
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