The Celtics core of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo needed some help in order to keep their championship hopes alive in the 2010-11 season. The team added future Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal and six-time All-Star Jermaine O’Neal to the mix. Boston won 56 games and their fourth-straight Atlantic Division title […]

From the time he was hired in May 2003, Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge worked to overhaul the roster by making five trades before the end of the year. One notable deal in October sent star forward Antoine Walker to the Dallas Mavericks. The December trade of Eric Williams, Tony Battie and Kedrick Brown […]

The Celtics moved in the wrong direction during the 2005-06 season as they fell 12 games in the standings and missed the playoffs. Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge bluntly said, “I expected better results.” However, there were some bright spots off the court during that campaign. TD Banknorth purchased Fleet Bank and renamed Boston’s […]

With Kendrick Perkins injured and Rasheed Wallace retired, the Celtics needed some heft inside and turned to a couple of O’Neals – future Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O’Neal and veteran forward Jermaine O’Neal. Overall, 21 players suited up for Boston in the 2010-11 season as the Celtics won 56 games and their fourth consecutive Atlantic Division title. […]

The Celtics took a well-deserved victory lap in the 2008-09 team yearbook with six pages of essays and photos honoring the 2008 NBA World Champions. With much of the same core back, expectations were high for the first Celtics repeat championship since 1969. Boston succeeded in the regular season with 62 wins and another Atlantic […]

Boston’s title defense got off to a great start in the 2008-09 season as the C’s won 27 of their first 29 games and the Big Three were all named All-Stars. Unfortunately, a leg injury kept Kevin Garnett from playing much of the second half of the season and the entire playoffs. Kendrick Perkins, along […]

Celtics fans were treated to giveaway shirts when they arrived for Opening Night of the 2008-09 season. The team raised their 17th NBA World Championship banner to the rafters that evening. On the court, the Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers, 90-85. “Sometimes you don’t know if this day will ever come. Dreams do come true,” […]

The Celtics may have started the superteam trend in the 2007-08 season when they added Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett to Paul Pierce and won an NBA World Championship title. By the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics still looked like the beasts of the East when they swept the New York Knicks in the Eastern […]

Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce faced off against Ray Allen, their former teammate and member of the Big Three, on January 27, 2013. The trio had previously helped lead the Celtics to the franchise’s 17th NBA World Championship title in 2008. In Allen’s first season away from Boston, Garnett led the Celtics with 24 points […]

Following a last place finish in the 2006-07 season, the Celtics overhauled the roster. By adding superstars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to join Paul Pierce – forming a new Big Three in Boston – the team completed one of the most stunning turnarounds in NBA history. Combined with Rajon Rondo and Kendrick Perkins, the […]