Boston Celtics: the 3 eras most deserving of a docuseries

The Big-3 era (2007 – 12)

First up we have the most recent iteration of a championship team for the Boston Celtics in the shape of the Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett & Ray Allen big-3.

Recently, we published a piece discussing how it could be argued that this C’s squad underwhelmed to an extent during their five-year stint together. While this may in fact be the case, there’s no denying that this team saw a great deal of success and was certainly fun to route for in the eyes of the team’s loyal fanbase.

After a 2006-07 season that saw the team register the second-worst record in the NBA and a second-straight playoff-less season, the team faced its fair share of controversy during the early parts of their offseason, namely in relation to their face of the franchise Paul Pierce.

Growing tired of their lack of true success, the man known as “the truth” gave the organization an ultimatum: build a contender or trade him.

Fearing the latter option, Danny Ainge jumped into action and struck gold with two separate deals: a draft night exchange with the Seattle Supersonics to acquire sharpshooter Ray Allen & an early July blockbuster that nabbed them the 2004 league MVP Kevin Garnett from the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With this new big-3 in town, the shamrocks went from afterthoughts to instant title-favorites, and lived up to the hype immediately by bringing home the Larry O’Brien trophy that same season. To make the storyline more entertaining, the team’s record-setting 17th championship win came at the expense of their historic rivals the Los Angeles Lakers.

After this season, the team continued to see ample success.

Two years later, the team reached the NBA Finals yet again in a classic rematch against the hungry Kobe Bryant-led Lakers, only to fall in the dwindling minutes of Game-7.

Not only did this team have the big-3 of Pierce, Garnett, and Allen but, by the end of their run, it was arguable they had a big-4 with young point guard Rajon Rondo coming into his own as an All-Star and being seen as a top-3 player at his respective position.

Never missing the playoffs, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals three out of five seasons, reaching the Finals twice, and achieving the ultimate goal of being NBA champions in just their first year, this Boston Celtics team was one of the most menacing units the league had to offer during their run.

It’s arguable they underachieved during their tenure together, but there’s no question that this core possessed some of the most talent any C’s team has ever seen. With such polarizing personalities, victories, and story-lines this era of Celtics basketball could easily make for an entertaining docuseries.