[Bryan88]

Interesting article, calling this years Celtics team "one for the ages". So is this the greatest Celtics championship ever?

Celtics' 17th championship is one for the ages - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

A year ago today, the Boston Celtics were a hapless, hopeless cabal. Kevin Garnett wouldn’t consider leaving a 32-win lottery team to join them. In terms of relevance and water-cooler chat, the Celtics were on par with Ivy League squash.

On Thursday, they will be treated like royalty in Boston, complete with the now obligatory Duck Boat tour and parade through the meandering downtown streets to celebrate their 17th NBA championship. There will be hundreds of thousands of fans, and, had you been asleep for the last 11 months, it would be a definite, back-to-the-future moment. Where’s Larry? Where’s Kevin? Where’s Red?

That is why this latest NBA championship has its own, special place in Celtics history. There really was none like it among the previous 16, most of which were won by a team with presumptive greatness going into the season and previous achievement on their résumés. This one? Who knew?

It happened so fast and so implausibly as if it was in its own time warp. How could a 24-win team turn around in one year and turn away all comers, finishing with a Secretariat-in-the-Belmont flourish against their most storied and dreaded rival?

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No doubt one of the greatest comebacks from the previous year(s)

[Lefty Noob]

How could a 24-win team turn around in one year and turn away all comers, finishing with a Secretariat-in-the-Belmont flourish against their most storied and dreaded rival?

Simple, they didn't. This isn't the same team, and anyone who argues otherwise is just fooling themselves.
As for this title's place in Celtics history, it's unique, but to me personally it'll always pale in comparison to the great Boston teams of the past.