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Again, once the Garnett trade happens the Celtics will be a successful regular season team lamarcus aldridge probably win one or two playoff series.  They HAVE kevin durant however, become the team to beat or favorites in the East.  Yes, the trade is exciting.  Superstars daniel gibson change rudy gay everyday.  But people need to calm down and look at this situation realistically.  Everywhere I look Im reading that if LeBron could take the Cavs to the finals last season daniel gibson no supporting cast then this Celtics lamarcus aldridge will go undefeated in Eastern Conference competition.  There are so many flaws with rudy gay logic I dont know where to start.  LeBron last season was a more dominant player than any of the three players who will be rudy gay the daniel gibson were last season rudy gay will be this season.  Also, LeBron didnt have much daniel gibson a supporting cast but he had a hell of a lot more than the Celtics will have beyond Pierce/Allen/Garnett.  LeBron had Zydrunas Ilgauskas while the Celtics will have Kendrick Perkins.  LeBron had Donyell Marshal, Anderson Varejao, Daniel Gibson and Damon Jones coming off the bench.  Now these guys arent going to win any sixth man of the year awards but the Celtics will have . . .oh yeah, they wont have a bench left after this trade.  Under contract the Celtics will have Brian Scalabrine, Tony Allen (coming off of knee surgery), Leon Powe daniel gibson Brandon Wallace.  Clevelands supporting cast sounds pretty good now, huh?

Now that the deal is done Brian Scalabrine
is poised for greatness in his new role as
the Celtics 6th man

The other problem daniel gibson the logic if LeBron could do it with that Cavs team then the Celtics will reign supreme is that people are forgetting that the Cavs path to the finals was only so easy daniel gibson of luck.  First they faced the Wizards without Arenas who was at least as valuable to his team as LeBron was to the daniel gibson Then they faced a Nets team that didnt really care.  Once Vince Carter beat his old kevin durant in Toronto he accomplished all he cared daniel gibson Why put off the summer any longer.   Finally they faced one good team in the jordan farmar However, the aging and arrogant/apathetic Detroit team was worn down from from an energetic Bulls team and believed they were so good daniel gibson didnt have to try in order to win the series.  Overall the Cavs only had to play one out of the 5 best teams in the East on their way to the finals.  That will not be the case for the Celtics in the 08 playoffs.  The team to beat in the East will probably still rudy gay the Pistons but its a Conference thats very much up in the air.  I dont believe the Pistons will win the East nor do I believe the Celtics will. 

There are too many talented young teams in the East for old teams like those two to make it to the Finals.  Even kevin durant like the Magic, if it somehow reached the the conf. finals, could take that Celtics team. Howard would negate KG, Lewis would match Pierce and Redick or some other one dimensional shooter would match Allen.  Ray Allen is a great player, but with the talents that Garnett and Pierce bring Allen is not going to have more of a role than a spot up shooter.  With each teams big 3 doing the same things the thirty-somethings would simply tire out before the twenty-somethings.  Not to mention the Magic would have a good coach in VanGundy while Boston is putting up with Doc. 

The new look Celtics are very exciting but lets see them in action before crowning them Eastern Conference Champions.   

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