One last thing; being that i live in a dead NBA city (Cincinnati), i wasn't there when Tick turned tail and ran out of Boston. The question being, how big was the party out there?

I will miss Powe, he was a true Celtic.

With the disrespect he showed Larry Bird when he took the Celtic reins I immediately lost all respect/interest in Rick Pitino. He proved himself by displaying the WORST possible decisions in trying to run the most storied NBA franchise entirely by himself. "I can be GM AND COACH!" Part of the genuis that was Red was the ability to place people in positions that were the most conducive to the team's overall success, to him glory was irrelevant unless there was another banner to be hung. The only statistic that mattered was the win/loss column. Bill Russell was an astute pupil of this philosphy, he never once led the league in scoring, never came close; but how many rings does he own? Tick(sp?) Pitino likes attention, Tick Pitino likes calling the shots. Tick decided he didn't need Bird. Bird promptly went to Indiana and gave them their most success run since their ABA days. Now he is screwing crazy women in restaurants, just more brillant decision making.