NEW YORK — If there’s something to unite basketball in New York City it’s stomping on the stupid leprechaun.
It was a great troll maneuver by Kyrie Irving because it fed into the irrational anger and pride the Boston fans feel about their beloved Celtics. That franchise, by the way, has captured just one championship in the last 36 years, or just a single Larry O’Brien trophy during the entire existence of Nintendo.
But nobody rests on their laurels quite like the Celtics. You can’t tell their fans that Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo managed just one title, not as they prepare for another inevitable 2008 reunion special or listen to yet another tale of those great green warriors.
