The Celtics are reaping the benefits of their long-term plan as the Eastern Conference crumbles around them.
It is an old adage in auto racing that weight is the enemy.
But it isn’t always.
In 1966, a group of Ford GT40s which were around six hundred pounds heavier than the Ferraris they were running against spent twenty-four hours at Le Mans burying Enzo Ferrari’s entries. The race, which is dramatized, and in fact, over-dramatized in Ford v.