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Article: Eastern Conference profile enhanced by arrival of Garnett
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2007
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Whether a gathering, swirling breeze or a sudden, shivering gust,
a freshening, westerly wind is blowing across the NBA, where this
season the Boston Celtics suddenly once again are relevant and the
formerly moribund Eastern Conference, if not exactly a beast,
certainly no longer is so obviously the least.
The Celtics' draft-night deal for Ray Allen in June and their
blockbuster swap with the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Garnett
in July has transformed a once glorious franchise that won 24 games
last season.
Those moves also further transform an Eastern Conference that not
too long ago was, from bottom to top, Pawtucket to the big-league
Western Conference.
"Back in the day, a lot of the ...