For better or worse, the 2007-08 Boston Celtics changed the NBA. Boston’s manufactured super team led the Miami Heat down the same path—a path that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors have since successfully followed.
As the New York Knicks search for ways to realize their true potential, the 2007-08 Celtics may have created the perfect blueprint for the franchise player to follow.
Boston won the Larry O’Brien Trophy in 2008 and reached the 2010 NBA Finals. On a team with more highly-touted superstars in Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, it was small forward Paul Pierce who won the Bill Russell Finals MVP award.