bill-russell Stories - Pounding The Rock
Bill Russell Statue In Preliminary Stages
If Bill Russell had not been the NBA's first black head coach, somebody else would have been. At some point, some other franchise would have offered its head coaching position to a black man, and history would have continued. But who knows when the change, the improvement, would have occurred, if...
Comparing Rajon Rondo to, err, Bill Russell?
One comparison I didn't think I'd hear this year? Rajon Rondo to Bill Russell. But it's the comparison Russell's former teammate, Satch Sanders, offered in today's Boston Herald. "People have a habit of talking about what they consider the negatives," he said. "In Russ’ case, the negative...
ESPN's Fans Suddenly Insane: All-Time Bulls beat All-Time Celtics
ESPN's pretty ridiculous contest (they had the nerve to include Seattle Supersonics greats on the list of Oklahoma City's all-time list. Heartless.) of ranking each franchise's "Top Starting Five" is now in the semi-finals stage. Last round, not that any of us were paying attention, a starting 5 of...
Cousy: His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basketball
About 2 weeks ago Comcast announced Bob Cousy would not be involved in its Celtics broadcasts during the 2009 season. The Cooz did not agree with the decision: "I would have liked to have continued. I'm only involved in 10 games a season, so it's not that big a deal. But I would have liked to...
Links
Head over to Baller Blogger for a Bill Russel profile. If I told you there was a 2-part interview with Mark Eaton, is that something you might be interested in? I know I was. Head over to SLC Dunk if you are.
Heinsohn, Don't You Ever Smile?: Book Review
As I read Heinsohn, Don’t You Ever Smile? I kept thinking, "This reminds me of something. What the hell is it?" Eventually it hit me – Instant Replay – The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer. I read the latter at least four years ago, but after some thought there are numerous...
YouTube and Stars of the Past
Looking at Shawn Kemp's highlights a couple of days back made me think about guys that played before the YouTube era. For some of them there is simply not a lot of footage about them. Meanwhile, with others, such as Shawn Kemp, there are highlight clips but it is not the same. There is something...
Ray Allen - The New Bill Sharman?
In preparation for the Green Bandwagon Summer Book Review Series (GBSBRS for short, coming Monday!) I've been reading a lot. And in the process I've learned a lot more about Bill Sharman. That combined with Jackie MacMullan's stellar profile of Ray Allen helped me come up with the following...
Rolling Rally Pictures
These are the pictures I took. I actually had to stop because my section became a bit of a mosh pit and I felt the need to defend myself, or at the very least not have my hands raised above my head as I took photos. I was with people who got some great shots and I'll pass them along at some point....
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