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LeBron James and the Boston Celtics’ timeline

LeBron James. No non-Celtic has had more to do with the fate of the franchise in the last decade than that man.

James initially had to get past the Celtics to reach his championship goals. The teams led by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen held him off in 2008 and 2010. Then James took his talents to South Beach, in part to beat the Celtics at their own super-team game.

Now things have come full circle and Boston needs to get through LeBron. In recent years, the rebuilding Celtics have measured their progress by how close they are to challenging James and the Cavs.