Things went from bad to worse for the Celtics in the 2006-07 campaign, dropping 18 in a row at one point and winning only 24 games all season. Injuries cost team leader Paul Pierce half the season, breaking his streak of All-Star Game appearances, while Wally Szczerbiak played in only 32 games. One bright spot […]

Remember the new Big Three as they celebrated their NBA World Championship title in 2008 with this framed photo of the trio. “It seems like everything has worked out all year,” said Ray Allen. “We respect each other and we’re here sitting on Championship 17.”

One consistent sight during the Celtics 2007-08 NBA World Championship title-winning season was James Posey’s hugs for his teammates before games. Posey started the tradition earlier in his career and said of his teammates in Boston, “they haven’t turned down my hugs yet.” Garnett and Posey combined for 32 points and 17 rebounds on March […]

Just weeks after acquiring Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics participated in preseason games in Europe which included a game in Rome against the Toronto Raptors. Garnett posted a double-double in the game with 19 points and 16 rebounds, while Paul Pierce added 21 points and Allen scored 10. “It was good to finally […]

Kevin Garnett wore this jacket for his expansive pregame warmup routine during the 2010 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Although Garnett averaged 15 points per game in the series, the Celtics fell to the rival Lakers in seven games. Despite failing to capture the team’s second NBA World Championship title in three years, […]

The Celtics selected Gerald Green, a McDonald’s High School All-American out of Houston, with the No. 18 overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft. While he had shining moments in his first two seasons, Boston dealt Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the package used to acquire Kevin Garnett. Less than two years […]

Kevin Garnett greeted a young fan at Boston Children’s Hospital during the team’s holiday party at the medical center in 2010. Aside from the annual outing to the hospital, Garnett was deeply involved in other philanthropic efforts during his time in Boston. In April 2008, he received the NBA Community Assist Award after donating more […]

Over the course of the 2007-08 season, the Celtics were nearly unstoppable at home, finishing with a 35-6 record in the friendly confines of TD Garden. On January 4, 2008, Boston took on the struggling Memphis Grizzlies. With 20 seconds left in the game, Kevin Garnett made a layup for two of his 23 points […]

Lucky might have been just a mascot for some, but for many Celtics players he was a symbol of “Celtic Pride” and the tradition of the franchise. When a rival player maliciously stepped on the Lucky logo after a playoff game, Celtics players from Cedric Maxwell to Kevin Garnett cried foul. Glen Davis, a member […]

This is one valuable jersey! Kevin Garnett wore it in home games during the 2007-08 season when the Celtics won their 17th NBA World Championship title. Garnett came up one rebound short of averaging a double-double for the season, averaging 18 points and nine rebounds over 71 regular season games. But he reached the coveted […]