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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 12:23:20 GMT -5
Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas watched in disbelief. Seventeen years earlier, he’d invited a young Udoka to Knicks camp. Ime didn’t stick, but left an indelible impression. Ime has often said Thomas was the first person to suggest he go into coaching. “I don’t think there’s a coach in the league,” Thomas says, “that could have handled the disruption they had between Tatum and Brown and Smart, and bring those three back together after such a public altercation, and then lead them to the Finals. It’s ‘Kumbaya, I love you’ over there.” – via Jackie MacMullan @ The Ringer Coaching, Ime Udoka, Isiah Thomas, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:30:43 GMT -5
A 9-year-old Jayson Tatum was in the stands with his father as his godfather Larry Hughes’ Cleveland Cavaliers played the San Antonio Spurs in the 2007 NBA Finals. Fifteen years later, longtime best friends Hughes and Justin Tatum will be in the stands together watching “Lil J” as he tries to lead the Boston Celtics to a title over the Golden State Warriors. “When a kid sees that a dream is real, it’s easier, but not easy, to chase that dream,” Hughes told Andscape this week. “I was glad that he was able to see that making the NBA was possible. I’m hoping he earns his award.” – via Marc J. Spears @ Andscape Jayson Tatum, Larry Hughes, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:31:20 GMT -5
“He saw the nice cars and how we carried ourselves. He understood how we were able to travel. Experiences like that was something he wanted. You can see now that he knew what he wanted and how to go there to get it.” – Former NBA player Larry Hughes on Jayson Tatum’s exposure to the NBA lifestyle at an early age. Tatum was blessed to be able to touch an NBA player and see what the inside world was like long before he put on a Celtics uniform. But his father deserves much of the credit for helping build the foundation of the basketball star he is today. – via Marc J. Spears @ Andscape Jayson Tatum, Larry Hughes, Boston Celtics
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:32:10 GMT -5
Q. How does a team go from a 39-33 record and a speedy three-game exit in the 1956 playoffs to a championship the next season? Bob Ryan: You get an impactful infusion of talent. Start with the greatest rookie duo ever in Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn and Most Valuable Player of the Century Bill Russell (who didn’t join the team until December after playing in the Melbourne Olympics). Then add returning soldier Frank Ramsey (like the other two, a Hall of Famer). Put them out there with Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, the premier backcourt of the 1950s, and let ‘em go. It will forever be difficult to top the drama of the first Celtics title. – via Boston Globe Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Bob Ryan, Frank Ramsey, Hall of Fame, Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:32:48 GMT -5
Game 1 of the Finals was a 125-123 double-overtime home loss to the St. Louis Hawks. Game 7 was a 125-123 double-overtime victory over the St. Louis Hawks. The rookies did it in Game 7. Heinsohn had 37 points and 23 rebounds. Russell had 19 points and 32 rebounds while Cousy and Sharman were having an afternoon they’d rather not talk about (a combined 5 for 40). Russell saved the game with a retreating block on Jack Coleman that both Heinsohn and Cousy say to this day was the greatest defensive play they’ve ever seen. – via Boston Globe Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Bob Ryan, Tommy Heinsohn, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:33:12 GMT -5
own by 2, Hawks player/coach Alex Hannum threw the ball off the backboard from the other end of the floor only to see Bob Pettit’s put-back attempt roll off the rim. Wouldn’t you like to have seen it? Sadly, no complete video account exists. Thus began the greatest sustained run of dominance in NBA history. With Russell as the anchor, the Celtics survived the retirements of Sharman (1961), Cousy and Ramsey (1963), Heinsohn (1965), and K.C. Jones (1967), not to mention the exit of Auerbach as coach in 1966, to keep on keeping on, culminating in the most unlikely of all Celtics triumphs, the conquest of the mighty Wilt Chamberlain/Elgin Baylor/Jerry West Lakers in the famous 1969 Game 7 “Balloon Game.” – via Boston Globe Bob Cousy, Bob Pettit, Elgin Baylor, Jack Ramsay, Jerry West, KC Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:33:37 GMT -5
Championships: 3 (1981, 1984, 1986). Coaches: Bill Fitch (1981). K.C. Jones (1984, 1986). Bob Ryan: Larry Bird. Remember him? He was great, all right, but he wasn’t enough. He was the 1979-80 Rookie of the Year, but the 76ers had little trouble dispatching the Celtics in five games, largely because the Celtics were too small. But Auerbach rectified that on draft day in 1980 by pulling off an almost shameful heist, swapping his Nos. 1 and 13 draft spots for No. 3 and Robert Parish, a misused 7-foot center out there in the Bay Area. With that third pick, Auerbach took a gangly 6-11 kid from Minnesota named Kevin McHale. The result? Championship No. 14 was produced that very first year. Suddenly, the Celtics had a monstrous frontcourt, and don’t forget Cedric Maxwell, whose 28-point, 15-rebound, 10-for-13 performance in the pivotal Game 5 against Houston nailed down his Finals MVP. – via Boston Globe Bill Fitch, Bob Ryan, Cedric Maxwell, Draft, Kevin McHale, Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:34:06 GMT -5
There were many memorable takeaways from the 1984 victory over the Lakers, but for me the everlasting memory is the entire evening of June 8, when because of a heat wave outside and lack of Boston Garden air conditioning inside, the temperature was 97 degrees for Game 5. The Lakers, most notably Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, thought they had been trapped in a science fiction movie, but Bird treated it like just another steamy summer evening in French Lick with 34 points, 17 rebounds, and 15-for-20 shooting. So sorry you young’uns missed out on Larry. 1986? I still believe it was the greatest pre-3-point-mania team ever. They won 67, and had they thought it was a good idea, they would have won 70. They were such a spectacular nightly show in the regular season that they rendered meaningless the concept of the meaningless game. – via Boston Globe Bob Ryan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 13:34:38 GMT -5
Ready for this? They closed out the Atlanta series with a 36-6 third quarter en route to a 132-99 triumph. They then opened the Milwaukee series with a 128-96 thumping. Back-to-back plus-33 and plus-32. Pret-ty good. Pret-ty good. They received more resistance than expected from Houston in the Finals, but after coming home smarting from a nasty Game 5 loss, Bird took charge with one of his true all-around masterpieces — a 29-11-12 triple-double, which, when combined with a rare defensive omnipresence, doesn’t begin to convey his astonishing impact on that deciding sixth game. – via Boston Globe Bob Ryan, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks
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Post by cole on Jun 2, 2022 13:38:41 GMT -5
Q. How does a team go from a 39-33 record and a speedy three-game exit in the 1956 playoffs to a championship the next season? Bob Ryan: You get an impactful infusion of talent. Start with the greatest rookie duo ever in Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn and Most Valuable Player of the Century Bill Russell (who didn’t join the team until December after playing in the Melbourne Olympics). Then add returning soldier Frank Ramsey (like the other two, a Hall of Famer). Put them out there with Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, the premier backcourt of the 1950s, and let ‘em go. It will forever be difficult to top the drama of the first Celtics title. – via Boston Globe Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, Bob Cousy, Bob Ryan, Frank Ramsey, Hall of Fame, Tom Heinsohn, Boston Celtics I like the term most valuable player of the century. Kind of divides the nba around the transition from bird and magic to a new era with mj.
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Post by cole on Jun 2, 2022 13:40:12 GMT -5
Ready for this? They closed out the Atlanta series with a 36-6 third quarter en route to a 132-99 triumph. They then opened the Milwaukee series with a 128-96 thumping. Back-to-back plus-33 and plus-32. Pret-ty good. Pret-ty good. They received more resistance than expected from Houston in the Finals, but after coming home smarting from a nasty Game 5 loss, Bird took charge with one of his true all-around masterpieces — a 29-11-12 triple-double, which, when combined with a rare defensive omnipresence, doesn’t begin to convey his astonishing impact on that deciding sixth game. – via Boston Globe Bob Ryan, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks Was this the Malone rockets or the twin towers?
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 14:23:01 GMT -5
Ready for this? They closed out the Atlanta series with a 36-6 third quarter en route to a 132-99 triumph. They then opened the Milwaukee series with a 128-96 thumping. Back-to-back plus-33 and plus-32. Pret-ty good. Pret-ty good. They received more resistance than expected from Houston in the Finals, but after coming home smarting from a nasty Game 5 loss, Bird took charge with one of his true all-around masterpieces — a 29-11-12 triple-double, which, when combined with a rare defensive omnipresence, doesn’t begin to convey his astonishing impact on that deciding sixth game. – via Boston Globe Bob Ryan, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks Was this the Malone rockets or the twin towers? I believe it was the Twin Towers. I just looked it up, and I believe in Game 6 of 1981, Bird had 27/13/5.
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Post by quagmire on Jun 2, 2022 15:37:26 GMT -5
1986 was the twin towers and Highlighted by the Ralph Sampson Jerry Sichting fight!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 16:25:29 GMT -5
Draymond Green: What I will say is, when [Kevin Durant] decided that he was going to leave, I thought it was a mistake. And not for the reason that everyone else thinks it’s a mistake, by the way. I thought it was a mistake, because I know Kevin. And what Kevin likes to do in his life – the number one thing in Kevin’s life – and that’s not the case for most people, including NBA guys, by the way. Basketball isn’t the most important thing to me in my life. I’m not going to sit here and lie to you and act like it is. It’s not the most important thing in my life. It is extremely important. But it’s not the most important thing in my life. Basketball is 100 percent the most important thing in Kevin’s life. It is the thing that he cares about himself more than anything in the world. And when Kevin was here, the reason I thought Kevin was making a mistake, because I felt like when Kevin was here, what he was allowed to do was to simply just go play basketball, which is what Kevin loves to do. – via Dan Feldman @ NBC Sports Top Rumors, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 16:26:45 GMT -5
Draymond Green: And so it wasn’t that he was going to play with Kyrie Irving. It wasn’t that everyone’s, “Oh, Kyrie isn’t there.” It wasn’t any of that. Or it wasn’t, oh man, you’re winning championships. It was more so, from me, from a life standpoint, because again, I care about the person. I don’t give a damn about the basketball player. He’s a great basketball player. I just care about the person. And I just knew what makes him happy in his life is being able to simply go play basketball. And so that’s where the mistake was made for me. It’s not that he wasn’t going to go win, because again, it’s not proven that they’re still not going to win. It takes time to build these things up. Whether that fails or succeeds, that wasn’t the mistake to me. The mistake, for me, was simply from a life standpoint of what makes you happy. What makes you happy – I know you. You’re my brother. What makes you happy is just simply going to play basketball. And so that’s where the mistake was made to me. – via Dan Feldman @ NBC Sports Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 16:27:48 GMT -5
Michael C. Wright: “He’s great at holding guys accountable w/out belittling them, which is huge. That old-school stuff is kind of dead now. He is the new generation of coach. He’s got all the DNA to succeed.” – A current NBA assistant that worked with Ime Udoka in San Antonio & Philly. – via Twitter mikecwright Ime Udoka, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs
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Post by puddin on Jun 2, 2022 18:25:46 GMT -5
Under the caption of "Who's counting anyway".... of the most recent 250 posts made to this forum, roughly 92 post or 37% of the total have been made by a single, unnamed, hard core, Xtremely knowledgeable, juiced-to-the-max Celtic poster.
Pace yourself, amigo.
It's a two week endeavor rather than a mad dash to #18.
The Bunion, the Rrrrrhoid and Pud are all in agreement... the stars are aligned....the Cs in 6!
Pud
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Post by DaCeltics on Jun 2, 2022 18:38:42 GMT -5
Let's go Celtics!!!
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Post by petey62 on Jun 2, 2022 18:46:31 GMT -5
Robert Williams starting Game 1.
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Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2022 18:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 19:06:10 GMT -5
I see your hard core, and raise you one extremely knowledgeable....
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 19:15:33 GMT -5
Mark Medina: Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Andre Iguodala, Otto Porter Jr. and Gary Payton II will be available for Game 1 – via Twitter MarkG_Medina Top Rumors, Injuries, Andre Iguodala, Gary Payton II, Otto Porter, Golden State Warriors
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 19:16:24 GMT -5
Jared Weiss: Steve Kerr asked why he continues to be successful after coaching the same team for so long: “Mainly cause I let the other coaches do the coaching. Can’t get tired of my voice if I keep my mouth shut.” – via Twitter JaredWeissNBA Coaching, Frivolities, Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 19:16:52 GMT -5
Mark Medina: Steve Kerr on Gary Payton II’s return: “He’s been working really hard. The good thing about inuring an elbow instead of a knee or ankle, you can do all kinds of conditioning stuff.” – via Twitter MarkG_Medina Injuries, Gary Payton II, Golden State Warriors
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Post by hedleylamarr on Jun 2, 2022 19:17:37 GMT -5
Mark Medina: Celtics coach Ime Udoka on Jayson Tatum: “I never met a young at his age that takes care of his body the way he does.” – via Twitter MarkG_Medina Coaching, Ime Udoka, Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
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