Tweet of the day. Hard to believe Kobe Bryant, one of the ten greatest players ever, was drafted at #13 in 1996, passed over by my beloved Celtics, who took Antoine Walker instead.
Robert Parish is selling his 1986 Celtics NBA championship ring. How sad. Best single-season NBA team I’ve ever seen. (Via Red’s Army.)
Bob Cousy drives the lane in a December 1956 game against the Rochester Royals. (Sports Illustrated)
Bill Russell (Fleer 1961-62)
“Kindest Regards, Bill Russell” (1961). (via)
“What hurts more, the pain of hard work or the pain of regret?”
(Image: Paul Pierce works out at the Celtics training facility in Waltham, Mass., fall 2010.)
If you’re a hoop fan of [ahem] a certain age, this HBO documentary on Magic and Bird is great. You can watch it on YouTube for now, beginning here. Do it soon, before they take it down.
Wow. Via.
