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EASTERN CONFERENCE  

The Boston Celtics traded half their team to acquire Kevin Garnett, but it makes them a contender in the Eastern Conference.

I, unlike everyone else, refuse to crown the Boston Celtics, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce. I won't crown them as the NBA champions. I won't crown them as the Eastern Conference Champions.

To say that the Boston Celtics made a fantastic turnaround from 2007 is an understatement, but for all of the talk and hype surrounding the trio of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, the only thing that is definite is the trio's lack of a championship.

The Boston Celtics came into the NBA playoffs with the best record in the NBA (66-16). They also came in with the best road record in the league (31-10). But the first two series of the playoffs have been grueling for the Celtics.

Breaking down the Pistons-Celtics matchup in-depth.

So it has come down to the final two teams in the East.

The Boston Celtics, what can I say. They did it, the Celtics have advanced to the NBA eastern conference finals for the first since 2002 with a 97-92 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Looking at the playoff race in the East and who will make the cut.

The 2007-08 NBA season is just around the corner and the Boston Celtics cannot wait to get underway. It seems the pride has returned to Celtics, and optimism is at an all time high around Boston.

The Celtics, even after adding superstars, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to go along with their own longtime resident star, Paul Pierce, will not ... repeat, not, win the NBA title in 2007-08.

A look at the Boston Celtics' Big Three Players (Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce), and analyzing how they achieve the success that they do.

With Pierce sidelined, the Celtics weren't good last year. But now they have Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen...

The Boston Celtics are heading in the right direction since the Larry Bird Era. Kevin Garnett is departing the Minnesota Timberwolves after the Boston Celtics agreed to acquire the All-Star forward in a multiplayer trade with the Timberwolves.

A preview of the 2006 NBA season.

We will be taking a look back at the last 10 years of NBA drafts, with analysis of the draft picks. Along with analysis, there will be a reordered top ten picks, along with a selection of the worst and best draft choices.

Calling all GM's, calling all GM's! Commencing this summer, sometime between the months of July and October, several NBA megastars will be on the auction block for trade to the highest bidder.

Basketball is unlike other typically American sports like baseball and football, which are very specialized sports. Basketball players must be adept at all skills on the court, like a five-tool baseball player.

James would go 6-24 in the second game of the series, which would equal a horrid 8-42 shooting from the field. LeBron can only hope that he left his star-studded shooting in Cleveland when they return.

The no. 1 seeded Boston Celtics, fresh off their second-consecutive Game 7 victory in the playoffs, will face off against the well-rested Detroit Pistons starting Tuesday night at 8:30 on ESPN.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Washington Wizards may be one of the most interesting matchups in the entire NBA playoffs. It is definitely the only evenly matched series in the Eastern Conference.

The Detroit Pistons have been the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference in the last five years, but has the time come for them to start sliding down the NBA ladder.

A writer for the Providence Journal has reported that he has heard that the Boston Celtics are trying to trade their star player Paul Pierce.

Why the Boston Celtics will rise to the top of the Eastern Conference with the acquisition of Kevin Garnett.

The Boston Celtics win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday January 5, 2008, was nothing more than another regular season win, in one out of a long 82 game schedule. Or was it?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are going into training camp in a new facility with two key players from last season still unsigned with talks of going to Europe to play. However, the Cavaliers should still be expected to be a threat in the Eastern Conference again this year.

The Cleveland Cavaliers pulled off an 11-player deal with Chicago and Seattle, giving LeBron James some much-needed help.

LeBron James is not going anywhere...for now.

The first round Eastern confrence game

Read on for a brief synopsis of both teams, along with a prediction of the eventual winner.

This is the first article in a series of people that I will discuss that I admire and aspire to be like more and more everyday!

Detroit comes into the series with the second-best win record in the NBA, with 59 victories. They're solid and they're fast. And they've been to the Eastern Conference Finals five years in a row. You just know they're aching to destroy the Sixers.

Let's see what you know about this super b-ball team...

It's the halfway point of the season. How is your favorite team and player faring?

You don't have to head into Manhattan in order to enjoy the NBA Playoffs. Here are the best sports bars to watch the NBA Playoffs in Hoboken, New Jersey.

I was wrong about the Boston Celtics and how they would perform this season. Many of you will point to me, laugh, and chuckle about how I don't know anything about basketball. Just one second though...

Ten trivia questions concerning the Cavaliers during the 07-08 season.

How do the Boston Celtics, the team with the most wins in the NBA this season, come into their series against the Detroit Pistons as the underdogs?

A scathing indictment of the officiating and the interpretation of rules by the NBA.

LeBron James asserted himself as one of the NBA's best last season, and this season the pressure is on him now to elevate his team even deeper in the playoffs. Can James and Co. bring a title to Cleveland?

Basketball phenom LeBron James builds a house fit for a king

It's a scary thought for every team in the league to think that young superstar, LeBron James is just scratching the surface of his unlimited potential, but that is the undeniable reality of the situation. For James, the sky is truly the limit.

Daniel Gibson is the rookie who helped lead Cleveland back from down 2-0 to defeat the stunned Pistons.

If you're thinking, that the title of this piece suggests that I am going to "rip" Lebron James about the recently disclosed details of his 33,000 square foot home being built in Bath Township, Ohio, south of Cleveland, you are going to be pleasantly surprised.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are going into the season as the favorites to go back to the NBA Championship. Looking at the road block they have, it will come down to most likely them and Detroit

Preperation is key in the post season.These are the rules that every team, in the NBA should know, and play by.

For the first time, Lebron James will move on into the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

This is the predicted order of finish in the NBA's Eastern Conference.

A team that was looked at as a team on the rise has become the laughing stock of the entire National Basketball Association (NBA). The Boston Celtics have gone from a team that was used to winning to a team that has lost a team record fourteen straight.

Below .500 records are commonplace in the NBA Eastern Conference. The sub-par play of Eastern teams has led many fans and NBA analyst to ask, is the NBA Eastern Conference the worst conference to ever exist since the NBA birth?

Is it me or does it seem like Boston Celtics director of basketball operations, Danny Ainge, is trying to turn the Celtics into a younger and younger team every season?