[.ca] NBA Dynasty Series - Boston Celtics - The Complete History

Worth all the parquet in the world:
Here's the deal with box sets, they are overwhelming to watch let alone review. So, first off, Discs 1 and 2 are basically the former NBA championship videos converted to DVD. Great stuff, especially to see a bunch of the other teams (enjoyed brief glimpses of the KC-Omaha Kings or the Cavs with some serious yellow going on back then) and also to see those classic interview clips. One moot point is the music on the "Home of the Brave: 86/7 season" is so beyond Miami Vice cheesy, but it's about the only thing flawed in the whole setup. Seeing Kevin McHale hanging with Nils Lofgren in his hotel room is beyond bizarro, too. Don't ask...just watch the clip when it shows up. You also have to see John Havlicek and Don Nelson dribbling through a Boston sporting goods store in a TV ad for the same in one of the '70s sections. The old clips of the '50s thru '70s were the best, and the quality is not bad given the technology of the time. Discs 3 thru 5 are full games bar the 1969 Finals Game 7 which is just the 4th quarter of Celtics-Lakers, but who cares? Just to see Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain (and Jerry West and Elgin Baylor!) for even a 12-minute quarter was enough to satisfy. The choice of games is almost spot on. They don't just pick games from the Finals nor always the deciding game so you had someone who knows the right games to pick. Having said that, the Rockets-Celtics Game 4 from the 1986 Finals was a kind of nothing game. They really needed to replace that with the famous Dominique Wilkins vs. Larry Bird mano a mano in the 1988 East SF, game 7 as after all there is never going to be an Atlanta Hawks box set...then again, who knew the Spurs would become a dynasty? Anyway, for any basketball fan (bar maybe Lakers fans), this has plenty to keep you occupied for hours on end.