It's been three seasons now since David West backed out of a done deal to come to the Celts and sign as a free agent with the Pacers for only slightly more money.

After last season, it seemed as if he had potentially made the right decision to become the veteran presence and heart of a young up and coming Pacers team as the Celtics started to show their age.

However, with three years removed, the Pacers at a cross roads, and West being three years older, did he actually make the right decision if winning was the main thing?

That first year West would have been here, the Celts took a team with Jeff Green out with heart surgery, Jermaine out with a bad wrist, Avery out with two bad shoulders, and Ray playing on bone spurs to Game 6 of the conference finals with two chances to knock out the Heat.

I can not help but think West could have made a huge difference that year and the Celts would have had a good shot at beating the Thunder after beating the Heat, effectively impacting the story arc of Lebron's career as the heat would have had many questions to answer after that.

It's crazy to think that one player's career, when taken at face value, will be relatively inconsequential to the history of the NBA actually may directly have impacted the championship count for the Celtics (and for Pierce, KG, and Ray), impacted the trajectory of Lebron's career, and the Heat's place as one of the better teams this league has seen.