The Senator Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/25/celtics-great-john-havlicek-dead-at-79/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Loved Hondo as a kid. Not after we got the Braves so much, but always like his game. RIP. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, The Senator said: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/25/celtics-great-john-havlicek-dead-at-79/ . Lord i hate all things Boston sports right niw, but this was one of the best players I have ever seen in any sport. RIP Hondo..thank you for the memories 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 minute ago, plenzmd1 said: Lord i hate all things Boston sports right niw, but this was one of the best players I have ever seen in any sport. RIP Hondo..thank you for the memories He was the Celtics leading all time scorer. (I would have guessed Bird or Russell.) . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Have always hated the Celtics, go Braves and Sixers. Those Celtics teams with Hondo, JoJo etc were some of the greatest teams ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 ***** the Celtics, but I will say RIP Hondo, what a great player. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, Rico said: ***** the Celtics, but I will say RIP Hondo, what a great player. he was a great player...r.i.p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIrvine Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 RIP John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 God, I hated Hondo...................He was so good and so clutch against the Braves. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 He was a great player R.I.P. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 The guy was always moving and running. Such a great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 In 1962, he was drafted by both the Celtics and Cleveland Browns, and during the Browns training camp he was the last person cut. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 3 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: In 1962, he was drafted by both the Celtics and Cleveland Browns, and during the Browns training camp he was the last person cut. Also played on the only Ohio State national championship team - with Jerry Lucas, Larry Siegfried, and Bobby Knight! (Yes, Yolo - Hondo was. Buckeye!) Celtics fans will appreciate this 1965 article about Havlicek’s famous steal in game 7 against Philadelphia (especially the video clip with legendary Johnny Most doing play-by-play).... https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/04/25/read-will-mcdonough-game-story-from-night-john-havlicek-stole-the-ball/TugNU3V0UyV3kGVfhZ64bN/story.html RIP Hondo. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 John also like to hit those bank shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 One of the classiest acts as a champ in all of sports history. Sorry to read he was in bad shape his last few years. There was a rumour his lungs were another half larger than most people, the C's prided on the fast break and he was relentless. The Braves played a few each season at Maple Leaf Gardens and I enjoyed watching the Cowens/Hondo/Silas/JoJo C's play at least once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, row_33 said: One of the classiest acts as a champ in all of sports history. Sorry to read he was in bad shape his last few years. There was a rumour his lungs were another half larger than most people, the C's prided on the fast break and he was relentless. The Braves played a few each season at Maple Leaf Gardens and I enjoyed watching the Cowens/Hondo/Silas/JoJo C's play at least once. Loved those Braves/Celtics games. We took ‘em to six games in the ‘74 playoffs. Used to see Dave Cowens all the time at Fenway. I had tix along the first base line in shallow right field, just behind the dugout. Cowens must have been a few rows back - always saw him in the aisle or the beer line. ?? (Very nice guy, very friendly.) . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) 57 minutes ago, The Senator said: Loved those Braves/Celtics games. We took ‘em to six games in the ‘74 playoffs. Used to see Dave Cowens all the time at Fenway. I had tix along the first base line in shallow right field, just behind the dugout. Cowens must have been a few rows back - always saw him in the aisle or the beer line. ?? (Very nice guy, very friendly.) . Braves had a nice little team there, not a shred of hope of getting past the Bullets or Celtics though. Cowens one year decided he had had enough and quit for the first few months and drove a taxi in Boston. When he told the team he was resigning it was quiet for a few seconds until ML Carr yelled out "then get the hell off our bus" to break the ice, not sure if that was the exact word in the real statement. Just read that a few years earlier Dave needed some time off, so Red said cool whatever come back when ready, and Cowens went to the family farm to sell Christmas trees. A few years ago on a baseball road trip i ran into a Boston fan who ran a store near the Gardens during the 80s, had a few good stories, i made sure to ask if he was 100% sure that was really Bill Walton he was talking to (duhhh of course..) Edited April 26, 2019 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share Posted April 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, row_33 said: Braves had a nice little team there, not a shred of hope of getting past the Bullets or Celtics though. Cowens one year decided he had had enough and quit for the first few months and drove a taxi in Boston. When he told the team he was resigning it was quiet for a few seconds until ML Carr yelled out "then get the hell off our bus" to break the ice, not sure if that was the exact word in the real statement. Just read that a few years earlier Dave needed some time off, so Red said cool whatever come back when ready, and Cowens went to the family farm to sell Christmas trees. A few years ago on a baseball road trip i ran into a Boston fan who ran a store near the Gardens during the 80s, had a few good stories, i made sure to ask if he was 100% sure that was really Bill Walton he was talking to (duhhh of course..) Some will argue that yesterday’s Braves are indeed today’s Celtics. And if you follow that convoluted John Y. Brown triple franchise swap between the Celtics/Braves/Clippers, that argument is valid. So all you Celtics haters are rooting against the Buffalo Braves! Red was nothing but magical. When Walton failed his physical, Red charged into the hospital, cigar blazing, and - to summarize - said, “He’s fine, he passes...let’s get outa here...we got a game tonite!” (Walton’s spoiled punk son is in a world of doodoo.) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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