We have long known that the Celtics have had enough talent to win a championship.
This was at least part of our frustration with the way the last season played out, as well as the first half of this season. We knew these guys could play better than they were playing, but all we got from them was talk, talk, talk.
Then, around the end of January, something clicked into place, and the team started to replace talk with action. Since then, the Celtics have been arguably the best team in the NBA—and while deadline trades made the team better, Boston had already turned a corner.