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By Dan Massar, YawkeyTalkies Correspondent

You sign Rasheed Wallace.  Ok, that’s a good move!

You sign Big Baby Davis.  Ok, avoided losing a valuable piece.

You bring in Marquis Daniels.  Ok, smart pick-up.

But what About KG?  If the “Big Ticket” doesn’t come back at close to full strength off of his knee injury will any of those moves matter?

The answer is no, they won’t matter at all!  The Patriots couldn’t win another Super Bowl without Brady and the Celtics need Kevin Garnett to be the beast that he was in 07-08 in order to recapture the NBA’s top prize.  The Celtics can’t win it all without Garnett leading the way.  Case closed. 

Example A is last season’s playoffs.  Sure, the Celts played a thrilling seven game series with the upstart Chicago Bulls.  It was wildly entertaining. But if Garnett had been healthy it may have not gone longer then five games, certainly not seven. 

Example B is the Magic series.  The Celtics were lucky to get that series to seven games.  They were outplayed in most of the games.  A miracle comeback in game five and a Big Baby buzzer-beater kept the series from being an embarrassment for the defending champs. 

Garnett was the defensive soul for the 08 title team.  He was a man on a mission under the boards and let his presence known by shutting down the opponent’s best big man. 

This season the Celts will need him big time because all of their biggest rivals can throw big-time frontcourt players at them.  The Magic’s Dwight Howard, Cavs’ Shaquille O’Neal and the Lakers Pau Gasol will all have to be shut down by Garnett.

Wallace will definitely help to take some defensive and offensive pressure off of Garnett.  But Boston will need Garnett to be healthy and on the court to control Wallace and his wild emotions. 

Danny Ainge continues to say that Garnett is on the right path to being back to his old self.  In a few weeks we will see a glimpse in pre-season and in a little over a month we will see him on the court in a real game.  If he’s back to his old self then banner 18 is a real possibility.  If he just looks old, then it could mean another frustrating May on Causeway Street is coming.

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