The Perfect Celtic - Introducing our Tough-Top-7 Celtics All-Time Team

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Many readers were reluctant to specify a single Celtics player as the one with the most mental and physical toughness, and I under stand why. I am exactly of the same mind. So after the vote for toughest all-time Celtic, I will present the starting-5-plus-2 all-time Celtics tough guys.

Bill Russell actually came out on top in the voting, but Larry Bird and Isaiah Thomas came very close - while Paul Pierce, John Havlicek, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett got some attention. So how are those seven former Celtics as a tough unit?

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It's the same old story, Bill Russell. The player/coach who stopped the balloons. The hero and leader to all that have…