Big Three Redux

It's not quite the glory days of Larry, Kevin & Robert—but Paul, Kevin & Ray will be walking through that door in 2007-8.

The long-rumored "buddy-deal" between McHale and Ainge came to fruition as the C's sent Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green and Theo Ratliff to Lake Woebegon for All-World Kevin Garnett.

It says here this was a must-do deal—one that will make the Celtics a legitimate force in the Eastern Conference right now. Not two years from now, not five years from now, NOW!

As the inimitable Cedric Maxwell said about this move, the C's are now "relevant" again. Indeed. Nice move, Danny.