James, Wade call out former Celtics

It's been a while since I've written anything regarding the team this blog is meant to be about. So I figured it's about time I get back to that. Only this piece of news is not totally about the Celtics.

Miami Heat stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade feel two former Celtics and now Brooklyn Nets owe ex-Celtic Ray Allen an apology. Yes, they're talking about Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.

Lest you forget, after Allen left the Celtics and signed with the Heat, Garnett told reporters he lost Allen's number and Pierce said he hadn't forgiven Allen for his decision.

In July, Garnett waived his no-trade clause so he could go with Pierce in a mega-deal with the Nets.

So does that make Pierce and Garnett hypocrites?

"I think the first thing I thought was 'wow, Ray got killed for leaving Boston and now these guys are leaving Boston,'" James said.

"I think it's OK, I didn't mind it," James said when asked about the Nets-Celtics trade. "But there were a couple guys who basically (expletive) on Ray for leaving and now they're leaving. That's the nature of our business, man. I don't know what Boston was going through at the end of the day. I know Ray had to make the best decision for him and his family and his career. Doc, KG and Paul did that as well. You can't criticize someone who does something that's best for their family."

As for Wade, he took a less aggressive approach when asked for his opinion.

"People say things about people when they do something when they themselves would do the same thing," Wade said. "It's about putting yourself in the best situation and at the end of the day we all do that. You can't really say anything about someone that does it for themselves."

My response?

Allen was a free agent. It was solely his decision to leave. When he left, the core of Garnett, Pierce and Rondo was still intact. The Celtics still had a chance to compete, but Allen chose not to stay.

After this past season, Danny Ainge made the decision to move on and start fresh. Ainge orchestrated Pierce and Garnett's departure. This team was not in the same position it was when Allen left. They had to start over.

Let me stress this again...they were traded. They had no control over it. They didn't want to leave, as evident by their NUMEROUS comments on how they wanted to finish their careers in Boston. But with the Ainge and company moving on, KG and Pierce had no choice but to move on as well.

I'm just trying to figure out why we are even talking about this.