Back in the day ...
- I love Bill Walton but the man could not jump - understandable given that he had missed most of the previous four seasons due to injuries. He was a good addition to the team and the best man off the bench for Boston in the series.
I remember that before that season started, when I was 15, I called into a cheesy cable TV show called "Time Out for Trivia" and asked the host, Todd Donoho, whether he thought it was going to be the best Celtics team of all-time, and he said no way because Russell wasn't on it.The best team in the history of the NBA
I think he was gently nudged out. He took a front office position but wound up coaching in Seattle two years later. He pushed the starters hard the previous two years, and while it was totally justified in 1987 (injuries, weak bench, chance to repeat) it made a lot less sense in 1988 and the C's ran out of gas in the Eastern Conference Finals. I think the front office knew the team would be transitioning soon as the starters aged deeper into their 30s and Jimmy Rogers was seen as the perfect guy to take over and develop some youngsters. A little of this may have documented in Jack McCallum's excellent book, Unfinished Business, but I no longer have a copy and can't check.I’m 34 and too young to know, but why did KC Jones leave the Celtics after ‘88? Was it a big deal at the time?
That was great! Thanks for posting. A really neat production. The kids really sold it.This is from a different year, but I remember a few years ago an orphanage in Kenya created a shot-for-shot recreation of Bird's steal against the Pistons and it is amazing. IIRC they created it as a way to raise money for new school uniforms:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aetAOyQsNfQ&feature=emb_logo
- I love Bill Walton but the man could not jump - understandable given that he had missed most of the previous four seasons due to injuries. He was a good addition to the team and the best man off the bench for Boston in the series.
After a really rough week to be an American, thanks for posting this. It brought me some joy, and bought back some memories from when it first aired. Those kids were so damn cute, enthusiastic, and joyful.This is from a different year, but I remember a few years ago an orphanage in Kenya created a shot-for-shot recreation of Bird's steal against the Pistons and it is amazing. IIRC they created it as a way to raise money for new school uniforms:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aetAOyQsNfQ&feature=emb_logo