KG to Cs

Updated 3:05pm, July 31,
The deal is done -- BostonCeltics.com.
Updated -- 1:51pm, July 31,
According to Shira Springer of The Boston Globe, the deal is "getting closer".
According to espn.com, the deal is done.


First things first, -- No, I'm not heading to the Boston Celtics.

Kevin Garnett, the other (more popular and, by far, the richer) KG, is, according to various reports close to being traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics.

According to the reports, the Cs are trading the basketball equivalent of the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase (five players and two future first round draft choices) to the T-wolves for "The Big Ticket".

The deal is not yet final; but, I hope it happens becomes the NBA needs more good and exciting teams in the Eastern Conference. Plus, as one of the historic and landmark franchises in the NBA, the Boston Celtics need to be good and matter to the basketball public once again.

If the deal is finalized, the Celtics will have three star players (Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce) and little else. The Cs should be exciting on the court and successful in the win-loss column; however, despite the Cleveland Cavaliers reaching the NBA Finals in the 2006 - 2007 season, the Celtics, in my opinion, without improving the team's depth, won't be better than the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls in 2007 - 2008.

Assuming the deal is finalized, it's enjoyable to talk basketball in the NBA once again rather than "Donaghy stuff".