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10-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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Red Auerbach Dies
I've been hoping for 20 years they could win one more while he was still around - and they never really came close. My first sports memory is the last Celtics championship.
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10-28-2006, 08:57 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burlington, VT USA
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10-28-2006, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Dayton, OH
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I always hated the Celtics being a Lakers fan and all, but I loved Auerbach.
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10-28-2006, 09:01 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Gee I thought he died like ten years ago. I had no idea he was still alive
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10-28-2006, 09:06 PM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I'll chomp a cigar in his honor tonight.
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10-28-2006, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Sucky news
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10-28-2006, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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Some of his trades were just insane. It was like he was light years ahead of everyone else in the NBA until the early-mid 1980s.
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10-28-2006, 09:40 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burlington, VT USA
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16 titles in 30 years.
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10-28-2006, 10:23 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jan 2006
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This had to be his best:
Celtics — Traded two 1980 first round picks (#1-Joe Barry Carroll) (#13-Rickey Brown) to Warriors for Robert Parish, 1980 first round pick (#3-Kevin McHale) on 6/9/80 |
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10-28-2006, 10:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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Quote:
Also, Cliff Hagan and Ed Macauley for Bill Russell. That was a pretty brave trade in Boston at the time, trading a popular Irish white guy for a moody, intimidating black guy. It didn't go over well with the fans at first. I used to hear so much growing up about how the Celtics were a racist franchise. It drove me crazy. Auerbach didn't get enough credit for his progressiveness in that area. He's responsible for drafting the first black NBA player, starting the first all-black starting 5, and most importantly, hiring the first black head coach in any major professional American sports league. Last edited by molson : 10-28-2006 at 10:34 PM. |
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