 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvichitevera kusiya basa kwaRick Pitino, vaCeltics vakaona kuvandudzika kuduku pasi pomurairidzi Jim OBrien. Paul Pierce akakura kuva nyeredzi yeNBA uye akashongedzerwa zvakanaka naAntoine Walker nevamwe vatambi vakawanikwa mumakore. Apo chikwata chaiva 1221 apo Pitino akasiya, rekodhi yaOBrien yekupedza mwaka yaive 2424. Kutevera 2000-01 mwaka OBrien akapihwa basa remurairidzi mukuru zvachose. Somugumisiro wokutengeserana kwakawanda, vaCeltics vaiva nezvisarudzo zvitatu mu2001 NBA draft. Vakasarudza Joe Johnson, Joe Forte, naKedrick Brown. Johnson chete ndiye akakwanisa kubudirira muNBA, achiva All-Star wenguva dzose pashure pokusiya Celtics. 