They’ve already got the truth and the man who played Jesus Shuttlesworth in Spike Lee’s “He Got Game,” but the Celtics are still looking to add the franchise to their line-up.

 A Celtics official confirmed that a deal was in place to put Kevin Garnett alongside Paul Pierce and Ray Allen in Boston.  This is after a nearly identical trade was blocked by Garnett in June when Garnett said he would opt out of his final year, worth $23 million, for free agency in the summer of 2008 if he were traded to Boston.  However, since then the Celtics have landed Ray Allen, and Garnett has thought twice. 

It’s reported that Boston would have to give up the real-life Jesus Shuttlesworth, Sebastion Telfair, who was a high school legend at Lincoln High School in Coney Island, NY.  Minnessota would also get Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes and a future first-round pick. 

If the deal goes down, Boston would be stacked, at least on paper.  But it’s hard to imagine the Celtics dominating for a long period of time, given that Pierce, at 29, is the only of the three stars under 30 (and won’t be anymore by the time the season starts). 

Without a doubt, this is a good move for the Celtics.  They should be a second tier playoff team in the east, behind Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Miami, but their window is closing.  If they don’t bring home a ring in the next four years, it’s time to rebuild again.