2011 - LeBron eliminates Boston in the 2nd round. If he didn’t exist, Boston beats Miami, Chicago and the Mavs to win a ring. #18
2012 - LeBron eliminates Boston in the ECF. Boston would’ve gone on to beat OKC in the Finals. #19
2017 - LeBron eliminates Boston in the ECF. Celtics would’ve beaten the Warriors in the Finals. #20
2018 - LeBron eliminates Boston in of the ECF. They would’ve beaten the Warriors in the Finals #21
2020 - Jimmy Butler eliminates Boston in the ECF. Would’ve won against the Lakers in the Finals #22
2022 - Curry beats Boston in the Finals. If he didn’t exist, Boston would’ve won #23
2023 - Jimmy Butler eliminates Boston in the ECF. Would’ve won against Denver in the Finals #24
The Boston Celtics would have 24 titles right now if LeBron, Curry and Butler didn’t exist.
Okay, fuck it…let’s do hypotheticals:
1976- No Celtics = first chip
1993- Jordan isn’t born = 2nd chip
1994 &1995- Hakeem isn’t born = 3rd and 4th chip
2005- Duncan decides to swim instead of hoop= 5th chip
2006- Dirk plays ice hockey instead of hoop= 6th
2007- Robert Horry, and Duncan is competing in the Olympics = 7th
2008- Again, Duncan is winning gold medals , not hooping = 8th
2010- Kobe becomes a literal assassin instead of a scoring assassin = 9th
2021- Giannis stops growing at 6’2= 10th
2022- Luka develops aerophobia and never comes to the U.S = 11 chips
2023- Jokic gets homesick of his horses after his first NBA game, goes back to Serbia and never returns 12 rings!
We would basically be the winningest team in the color TV era tbh.