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  • yvesdereuter
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    • Jun 2007
    • 1688

    #16
    Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

    1. Bill Russell
    2. Larry Bird
    3. Bob Cousy
    4. Dave Cowens
    5. Kevin McHale

    I went with McHale over Havlicek. I think McHale lost rebounds because his tenure with Boston more or less coincided with Parrish. I was tempted to put Jo Jo White, John Havlicek, Robert Parrish, and Paul Pierce on there too.

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    • BlackJack
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      • Aug 2006
      • 107

      #17
      Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

      Russell
      Bird
      Cousy
      Havlicek
      Pierce
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      • tril
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        • Nov 2004
        • 2914

        #18
        Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

        this is tough one. Folks also forgot to mention Jo Jo white. I never seen him play, I just heard stories about how he played.

        anyways I had this exact discussion a few weeks ago at a car dealership witha friend of mine and a few other random folks decided to join the convo.

        My top 5:

        1. Russell
        2. Bird
        3. McHAle
        4. Paul Pierce
        5. Jo Jo White

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        • yvesdereuter
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          • Jun 2007
          • 1688

          #19
          Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

          Originally posted by tril
          this is tough one. Folks also forgot to mention Jo Jo white. I never seen him play, I just heard stories about how he played.

          anyways I had this exact discussion a few weeks ago at a car dealership witha friend of mine and a few other random folks decided to join the convo.

          My top 5:

          1. Russell
          2. Bird
          3. McHAle
          4. Paul Pierce
          5. Jo Jo White
          Thats funny. I had a similar conversation at the greyhound station with a couple of homeless guys. One of them kept mentioning Jigsaw Matthews. I have no idea who he is.

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          • ZM Punk
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            • Feb 2003
            • 6260

            #20
            Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

            1. Russell
            2. Bird
            3. Cousy
            4. Havlicek
            5. McHale
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            • SPTO
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              • Feb 2003
              • 68046

              #21
              Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

              Top 5 guys to ever wear a Celtics uniform goes like this IMO

              1. Bird
              2. Russell
              3. Cousy
              4. Havlicek
              5. McHale
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              • Moses Shuttlesworth
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                • Aug 2006
                • 9435

                #22
                Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                Originally posted by SPTO
                Top 5 guys to ever wear a Celtics uniform goes like this IMO

                1. Bird
                2. Russell
                3. Cousy
                4. Havlicek
                5. McHale
                I think Sam Jones is right there with 'em.

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                • CFav
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                  • Nov 2006
                  • 1014

                  #23
                  Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                  Originally posted by rsnomar05
                  1. Pervis Ellison
                  2. Kedrick Brown
                  3. Vitaly Potapenko
                  4. Brandon Hunter
                  5. Walter McCarty

                  Those 5=Championship.
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                  • amra01
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                    • Sep 2002
                    • 688

                    #24
                    Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                    my top Celtics team, to bad we can't trade legends in nba 2k8.

                    1. Bird
                    2. Russell
                    3. archibald
                    4. Pierce
                    5. McHale

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                    • Briman123
                      MVP
                      • Oct 2004
                      • 1361

                      #25
                      Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                      Originally posted by rsnomar05
                      1. Pervis Ellison
                      2. Kedrick Brown
                      3. Vitaly Potapenko
                      4. Brandon Hunter
                      5. Walter McCarty

                      Those 5=Championship.
                      LOL, can't forget the six man Jiri Welsch

                      And Tommy Heinsohn would always say "I love WALTTAAA!!!" when McCarty would hit a 3.


                      My ideal all-time starting 5 would be:

                      PG - Bob Cousy
                      SG - Paul Pierce
                      SF- Larry Bird
                      PF- Kevin Mchale
                      C- Bill Russell
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                      • EWRMETS
                        All Star
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 7491

                        #26
                        Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                        Originally posted by amra01
                        my top Celtics team, to bad we can't trade legends in nba 2k8.

                        1. Bird
                        2. Russell
                        3. archibald
                        4. Pierce
                        5. McHale
                        Wasn't Archibald a sixth man for the Celtics or started only 1 year? Don't see how he could be in the top 5 for them.

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                        • jake44np
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                          • Jul 2002
                          • 9563

                          #27
                          Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                          Originally posted by EWRMETS
                          Wasn't Archibald a sixth man for the Celtics or started only 1 year? Don't see how he could be in the top 5 for them.
                          Nate Archibald does not belong anywhere near this list.
                          He only played 5 seasons with the Celtics and never won a MVP award and was never 1st team all NBA with the Celtics. He only averaged 12 ppg and 7 apg for his 5 years with the Celtics, hardly worthy of being considered one of the top 5 Celtics of all time.
                          How he had Tiny and not Bob Cousy is laughable, Cousy averaged 19 ppg and 7.5 apg for his career.
                          Cousy also won a MVP and all NBA 11 times.
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                          • SidVish
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                            • Apr 2003
                            • 11743

                            #28
                            Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                            After thinking about this for a few minutes I would probably go:

                            1. Russell
                            2. Bird
                            3. Havlicek
                            4. Cousy
                            5. McHale

                            5a. Cowens
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                            • X*Cell
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                              • Sep 2002
                              • 8107

                              #29
                              Re: Who are the best five Celtics?

                              Originally posted by jake44np
                              Nate Archibald does not belong anywhere near this list.
                              He only played 5 seasons with the Celtics and never won a MVP award and was never 1st team all NBA with the Celtics. He only averaged 12 ppg and 7 apg for his 5 years with the Celtics, hardly worthy of being considered one of the top 5 Celtics of all time.
                              How he had Tiny and not Bob Cousy is laughable, Cousy averaged 19 ppg and 7.5 apg for his career.
                              Cousy also won a MVP and all NBA 11 times.
                              yep... in fact looking at ALL his stats... I don't care if HE DID lead the 72-73 NBA in points AND assists (only player to do it I believe). #1, he did that playing 46 minutes per contest, and #2, the rest of his career is average for a Good-great player.

                              IMO, I have NO CLUE why Tiny is in the hall-of-fame, yet alone on the 50 greatest players list. He doesn't deserve it.
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