Top Ten Reasons to Hate the Boston Celtics

When you're team is winning, a lot, it's hard to figure why the rest of the country tends to hold your team, your fans, in a general regard of disdain. And, there is obviously truth to that sentiment. As a Yankee fan, my long held credo is, if this was your team, you wouldn't hate them. However, the Celtics aren't my team, so, after a loss to the Knicks last night, here are your top 10 reasons to absolutely hate the Boston Celtics.

10. Umm, they lost to the Knicks? Come on, no one should lose to the Knicks, if they're trying. Losing to the Knicks vindicates the principle that they're even a basketball team, something I try on a twice-daily basis to avoid admitting.

9. They are crybabies. Not in the figurative, cry for fouls sense. No, in the literal sense. Glen Davis has thrown a tantrum, Paul Pierce bawled like a baby earlier this year too.

8. They play in Boston. As if the accent that turns a lovely cereal into the awful "Smahht Stahhht" isn't enough, the fact that they've had championships in professional baseball and football multiple times in the past few years should be enough to anger the rest of the world not getting that 'ship love.

7. The idea that Doc Rivers is a "good coach". Really? This is the same guy that was 39 games under .500 prior to last season. This is the same guy that did win a Coach of the Year, but, is nothing better than the players put in front of him.

6. The idea that somehow they're a next generation of Bird's and McHale's. This team was created, not built. Jeff Green for Ray Allen. A cast of nobodies and Al Jefferson for Kevin Garnett. One summer of work, one championship. Not to take away from what they accomplished, but let's cool it with this next-gen Celtics crap.

5. Simply, they win, a lot. Too much, if you ask me. 95 out of the last 117 times they've gone on the floor, they've won. That has to turn someone's stomach other than mine, no?

4. They actually are good. Despite not having much in the way of a real bench, and having Eddie "Eight Teams in Nine Years" House on the team, they still are really, really good. Great, even. They play great defense, they rebound, they can shoot. They even share the ball, and their superstars have checked their egos. Ugh! It's like a cheesy after-school special, enough to make you want to throw up. It just bothers you that the team you'd love to hate, on the floor, is actually dominant.

3. Ray Allen was disrespectful to Denzel Washington. I don't care if Denzel killed my mom, if enough time had passed, I'd still let him beat me in basketball. Hell, I was even rooting for him at the end of Training Day. There are just some things you don't do, and disrespecting Denzel is one of them.

2. Paul Pierce's ridiculous "sprained knee" episode in last year's finals. For that sort of acting job, people normally win Oscars. He was carried off the court, crying, like he'd been shot through the chest. Sure enough, the next game he played nearly 42 minutes. Not doubting the initial pain, but, there should be a league rule that if you carry on like that, you have to miss at least a week.

1. Kevin Garnett plays for them. Now, I could try to say it better myself, but, I'll simply let this video do the talking. It's a bit long (4 minutes, gasp!), but, if you've read this far, you likely have a few more minutes to spare. If you've ever said a bad word about KG, be prepared to be vindicated.