so you were cheering for the Celtics since 1946? really?
in 1957 during their first championship year, have you seen or heard
PERSONALLY THE NEXT DAY how Bob Cousy and Bill Russell won game 7 against the St. Louis Hawks? (so that team sounds familiar to you, I guess, since you've been blabbing about the 17 championships that 95% of which you didn't witness in real-time)
why don't we start counting Championships won in your lifetime to make it more realistic and not include the years that don't matter, age-wise.
most of the posters here have witnessed the 9 championship games by the Lakers, 6 by the Bulls, 4 by the Spurs... NOBODY here in istorya have witnessed the FIRST 13 championships by the Celtics. some would be lucky to have witnessed 3 and most (22 year olds) have only witnessed 1 (last year).
so what's the significance of 17 championships if you've only witnessed 1 in your lifetime? (the 3 in the 80's would be a blur if it happened when you were 2, 5 and 7 year old respectively)
NBA.com: NBA Finals: All-Time Champions