I stumbled across this interview the other day. I don\u2019t normally stop and play Isaiah Thomas videos. It\u2019s not that I dislike IT (so the opposite), I\u2019ve just been eager for the Celtics to get back to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n
This time I stopped and played Thomas in a Boston Celtics uniform, smiling ear to ear. It was clear it meant something to Isaiah to put on that uniform. That\u2019s why I stopped and hit play\u2026 let\u2019s face it, the pride and love of basketball in Boston by the leader of the team is obvious<\/p>\n
That kind of fire and passion is a rare commodity.<\/p>\n
Anyway\u2026<\/p>\n
Once watching the conversation with Isaiah Thomas in full, my mind drifted back to those 2 seasons that at the time I referred to as \u201cfun\u201d non contending, over achieving, scrappy seasons. What I really was saying was, \u201cyeah, they cute but what did they win?\u201d<\/p>\n
That wasn\u2019t fair to that team, or the fan base who embraced IT4 as if his last name was Russell, Auerbach, Bird or Heinsohn.<\/p>\n
He was none of those iconic Boston sports figures, he was simply \u201cthe little guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only little in stature, Thomas\u2019 basketball exploits during that 2 year run hadn\u2019t been seen in Boston (accompanied by wins) since probably Larry Legend.<\/p>\n
When i called them \u201cfun\u201d 4+\/- years ago I wasn\u2019t giving a fake news report. Hey, I believe IT4\u2019s time in Boston might even have been before \u201cfake news\u201d ? was invented. The Isaiah years werent just fun\u2026 they were Extraordinary, they were years where the underdog, most often dismissed #Celtics defied odds and competed through round after round, two seasons in a row, and won! Through scrappy bully ball and hustle not seen since the Worm was diving into the stands with the Bad Boy Pistons.<\/p>\n
That team, led by the smallest man in uniform on either team, personified and helped to re establish \u201cCeltics basketball\u201d and they defied so many odds stacked against them that thinking back on it all these years later, would have been an absurd assumption to make back then, unless the Boston Celtics mystique was alive and well again<\/p>\n
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