I am a strong proponent of retiring Kevin Garnett's number 5 to the Garden rafters. Without KG, Pierce never gets a ring.
Not seen any mention of this in the KG retirement stories the past few days - I actually consider him the 4th most important Celtic in history because he was the backbone of his Celtic championship group just like, Russell, Bird and Cowens. He should have had two rings here, but I consider that Ainge's fault, not Garnett's.
I don't se Danny's fault for losing Game 7 in 2010 finals.
Right, Danny had no way of preventing KG's knee injury in 2009 either, nor could he have prevented Perk tearing up his knee in 2010.
Danny assembled a team that had the juice to go to the Finals three straight years, and perhaps win a title 2 or 3 times over that span. Unfortunately, injury luck didn't work out in the Celts' favor. I'm glad we got a title out of it.
KG is the best player that has been on the Celts roster since Bird retired. As much as I love Pierce, I don't think his best season was as impactful as what KG did in 2007-2008 and in 2009 before his injury.
Pierce and KG should both be in the rafters.