Beantown

How things can develop and change in a blink of an eye...

Or maybe a bit longer, if you are a frustrated fan of Minnesota and Boston, since your teams have sucked badly for the last... uhm... 15 years??

One of the six NBA teams I haven't watched live yet, the Boston Celtics, are rumored to have pulled off yet again a trade that could change the history of their near future. After years of failures for former teammates Danny Ainge (Boston's GM) and Kevin Mchale (Minnesota's GM), mainly due to their incapabilities, we have a winner. Or better, we have a loser. Kevin McHale. Who, just "gave away" one of the best NBA players EVER for peanuts. And with no apparent reason, since he had better offers for Garnett in the recent past, from Chicago, Phoenix and Boston itself, but always rebuffed them. As cnnsi.com writer Steve Aschburner wrote, "McHale has solidified his status as basketball hero. In Boston!".

After pairing all-star Paul Pierce with all-star Ray Allen, it seems Boston will add super all-star Keving Garnett.

If that really happens, three things will immediately follow:

- Boston becomes the Eastern Conference contender for the title

- I pretend to go and watch Boston's games as soon as possible

- Kevin McHale needs an alcohol test (and a body guard, in Minny)

So, for the second time this summer (after Memphis) I'm pleading of liking what, till an hour ago, was one of the worst teams of the league.

But are we on for a team bound to win few of the next 5 titles, and bring back Beantown to its old basketball splendor, or... will this turn out to be a half-failure like the 2004 Los Angeles Lakers, unable to win the title even with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton on the roster???