Excellent historical coverage, FL12. If there was any doubt that you are a die hard Celtics fan, you proved yourself with that article.

There seems to be a trend in our proud history. We started it off by getting Bill Russel in a trade and drafting Tom Heinsohn. That propelled us to 8 straight titles, and 11 in 13 years. Later in time, we drafted Bird, and got McHale and Parish in a trade. Again, this was a magical assembly of players that propelled us to 3 titles in a 9 year period.

We've had a major lull for almost 20 years, but now, the accumulation of basketball talent, thanks to the Leprechaun Danny Ainge, is setting up another dynasty run for the city of Boston. The only player still here, who was here before Ainge took over is Pierce. Everyone else is either acquired or drafted by Ainge. These are the notable acquisitions who he has handpicked himself: Wally, Perkins, Jefferson, Gomes, Allen, Delonte, and Gerald. And now with a high draft pick on its way in a few weeks, we may add another big piece to the puzzle.