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Deserving or not, I still hate the Celtics

By Jemele Hill
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

LOS ANGELES -- I thought it wouldn't bother me. I thought I would be OK. Turns out, I was as wrong as Skip Bayless. I'm not sure I can handle seeing Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett -- three of the NBA's most likable players -- hoist the Larry O'Brien trophy. Not that there's anything wrong with those three guys, but old dislikes die hard. I came of age in my NBA fandom in the 1980s. Being from Detroit, you already know what that era means to me. I've seen too many replays of Robert Pa ...

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