Please, not the Celtics too

As if not enough obnoxious humans are walking the streets flaunting Red Sox caps and Patriots jerseys, just imagine another major pro sports team from Boston making a run at a title. I don't claim to know enough about basketball to say the Celtics can't develop their own players, but I seem to remember Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett starting their careers elsewhere. Garnett, an offseason purchase, is an attempt by a losing franchise to try and restore glory. Thanks to recent New England karma, the move has made the Celtics the top dog in the weak Eastern Conference.

The Spurs, Patriot-like in winning four of the last nine NBA titles, have somehow fallen back to the pack in many people's minds, and have taken a backseat in the media. ESPN, a Connecticut conglomerate, have used their status to implant the name "Boston Three Party" in people's minds, making the newfound Boston hatred that much easier to stir up.

So when it comes time for most of us to ignore the NBA Finals in favor of the baseball season starting to heat up in the early summer months, yours truly can only hope the Celtics do not follow in the footsteps of last year's Red Sox or the Patriots' three asterisk-marked titles from earlier this decade. Such a gruesome image it would be, the Irish parading all over Beantown pretending to care about the Celtics, when the reality is its just another excuse to be obnoxious, drink heavily in the streets, and rub it in that their once-pathetic sports tandem is riding high.

The Spurs, Lakers, Hornets, Pistons, and maybe a few surprise entries ultimately may have something to say about that. Let's hope so.