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The Celtics are ruining basketball, and I couldn’t be happier

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Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

John McEnroe

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: people are mad at the Boston Celtics. This is a new type of hate though, one reserved for a select few. It’s a type of hate that gives credence to the horseshoe theory, a takedown and a compliment.

The Celtics are ruining basketball.

The voices outside of Boston and its fandom have been united in this first stretch of the season. Boston’s three-heavy offensive attack has done the impossible: it’s made basketball not fun.