NBA Stories ESPN Won't Talk About, Part II

It's time again for the best NBA stories ESPN refuses to acknowledge!

• The Celtics have clearly crashed and burned since the trade with Oklahoma City. Even though the Celtics were not a bad team at all with no Shaq or Perkins active, the sheer fact that Perkins was traded when nobody on the team including coaching staff and Perkins himself wanted a trade shows a serious discontent within the franchise. The Celtics also lost Nate Robinson in exchange for Jeff Green, essentially trading a proven bench player for an untested young player. Danny Ainge at this point is going to win worst GM of the year for not only making their team worse, but totally destroying the hopes and dreams of everyone on the team. ESPN has thus far refused to acknowledge that the Celtics are done.
• The Houston Rockets have a very good chance of getting the #8 seed now that the Grizzlies are without Rudy Gay. Thus far, ESPN has failed to acknowledge that the Rockets' trade to get rid of Shane Battier and Aaron Brooks has actually been a good thing.
• It seems that ESPN has totally forgotten that the Oklahoma City Thunder still exist and are just as good with their new squad. Perkins hasn't really proven himself yet, but the true test will come in the playoffs where they will most likely face the Denver Nuggets who are on fire since getting rid of Carmelo and strengthening their post play.
• Curiously, the Heat have fallen off ESPN's radar after they lost some very important games and barely managed to win against the 76ers among other teams. The Heat are showing their true colors again and ESPN doesn't like acknowledging it.
• Now that Stan Van Gundy is attacking the media since David Stern can't fine him for it, ESPN has largely declared SVG an idiot for questioning that anyone other than Derrick Rose should win MVP. Although it's true that Rose has been the unquestioned MVP, Dwight Howard does deserve recognition for pretty much single-handedly maintaining the Magic in playoff contention. But by that logic, Kobe Bryant should have won MVP every year they made the playoffs after Shaq was traded away. Shame on ESPN for not explaining why Howard is a valuable player, but not the most valuable.
• Finally, it seems that ESPN won't acknowledge that despite the fact that Dallas has been the most consistent team of the decade in the regular season, they always choke in the playoffs. There are signs already that they will choke it all again, but ESPN is too chicken to admit it.