Jackson & Auerbach

Via the Boston Globe:

“The ghost of Red Auerbach is present,” he says. “It’s very present.”

Jackson even half-jokingly credits Auerbach with returning the Celtics to championship contention this season, even though Auerbach died in October 2006.

“Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale, don’t you think they collaborated on all this?” says Jackson. “Red’s ghost swayed McHale to make the Kevin Garnett trade with Boston last year, rather than with someone else.”

Jackson punctuates his supernatural conspiracy theory with laughter. [Read]

(Hat tip:SLAM)