The 2023-24 season came to an end with the Celtics winning their 18th all-time championship 4-1 with the Mavericks, and Brown unexpectedly won the Finals MVP.
The fact that the Celtics were able to win the championship this season also showed their strength, with few obvious flaws in the team's roster configuration and a unique record in the regular season. And, most fortunately, in addition to the Mavericks in the Finals, all of them are healthy, the first-round Heat Butler is absent, the second-round Cavaliers Allen and Mitchell are injured, and the Eastern Conference Finals Pacers Haliburton are injured.
However, judging from the Celtics' championship, they also have to thank the following four teams, without them, maybe it is still unknown whether the Celtics can become a strong team, let alone win the championship.
The first one: The Nets send a probe and a champion sign
In 2013, the Celtics stopped in the first round, and Garnett, Pierce and others suffered a serious decline due to age, as the general manager of the team, Angie decisively decided to send them away to reorganize the lineup, and at this time, the Nets gave them assists, and spent a huge price to trade to Garnett, Pierce, and Terry, and the fate of the Nets after that needless to say. The Celtics got four future first-rounders in the deal, and the 2016 Nets pick was used by the Celtics to select Jaylen Brown. In 2017, the Celtics used a first-round swap to get the Nets' top pick, and then traded with the 76ers to get a scout pick and a future first-round pick, and selected Tatum. At this point, the core of the Celtics is officially in place, and the team has been on the road to rise since then, until today to win the championship.
The second team: The 76ers tearfully accepted the No. 1 lottery to the Celtics Tanhua Tatum
The operation of the Celtics is interlocking, and if there is no Nets, there will be no future 76ers picking. Prior to the 2017 draft, Fultz's talent was absolutely second to none, but the old Fox Angie already knew that Fultz's injury was a huge concern, and he had already set his sights on Tatum, and then tricked the 76ers into trading a prospective first-round pick with a prospective first-round pick. As a result, Fultz has been plagued by injuries since he entered the league, and even if he is healthy now, he is only a role player at best, while Tatum has become the boss of the Celtics.
Third: The Bucks sent charcoal to Celtics championship guard Holiday in the snow
Brother Alphabet saw the Celtics win the championship, I don't know how heartbroken it was, because he deliberately did not renew his contract early in order to put pressure on the team, and the Bucks sent Holiday to the Trail Blazers to trade for Lillard, and this season the Bucks stopped in the first round. Who would have thought that Holiday had just arrived at the Trail Blazers, and the shrewd Celtics quickly made an offer to bring the championship guard who did not possess the ball to Boston, although the team won the championship, Brown and Tatum were the absolute core, but Holiday was also indispensable, without his defense, experience and stable contributions, I am afraid the team's road to winning the championship was not so smooth.
Fourth: The Mavericks clear the way for the Celtics
The Celtics are really strong this season, but if they meet the Nuggets and Timberwolves, whether they will win the championship is really difficult to predict, but the god of luck has always favored them. The Celtics' Finals opponent Mavericks are not favored, all the way to the finals, they 4-2 Clippers in the first round, 4-2 Thunder in the second round, and 4-1 Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals. However, in the Finals against the mighty Celtics, the Mavericks' problems were exposed, and they were almost uncompetitive and were easily won by their opponents. It's fair to say that the Mavericks fought off the Timberwolves and Nuggets, their worst feared Timberwolves, for the Celtics, helping them successfully stand at the top.
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