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5 Takeaways from ‘Celtics City’ Episode VII on dark days after Larry Bird’s retirement
The episode begins with era directly following Larry Bird’s retirement in 1992 all the way until 2000 with a focus on the ...
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"Larry looks at me … 'Can you believe they pay us to do this?'" - Kevin McHale remembers Larry Bird telling how easy the NBA got for him
"I remember after a game in Atlanta once, Larry looks at me, we're having a beer, and he looks at me and says, 'Can you ...
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How did the Boston Celtics build the original 'Big Three'?
How did the Boston Celtics build the original 'Big Three' of Larry Bird, Robert Parish, and Kevin McHale that dominated the ...
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Did the 1986 Boston Celtics have the best starting five in NBA history?
With players like Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale, Dennis Johnson, and Danny Ainge starting, one can make the case.
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Did you know the 1986 Boston Celtics had their own rap song?
The 1986 Boston Celtics might be the best NBA team of all time, but they probably weren't the subject of best rappers of even that year. How do we know this, asks you, dear reader? We actually have ...
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"They made a big mistake" - When Magic Johnson slammed the Rockets for firing Kevin McHale
Los Angeles Lakers legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson will never fall short of words when it comes to offering his opinion. In ...
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"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones" - Larry Bird was proud after the Celtics lost to the Lakers in the 1987 Finals
"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones ever and we knew that. You can talk heart and ...
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Larry Bird said Len Bias could've destroyed Boston Celtics: "You do that and you pay the consequences"
Larry Bird was thrilled about Len Bias joining the Boston Celtics. He even said he would have called it a career in 1988 if ...
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"That's false" - Larry Bird debunked notion that Celtics players used dead spots in the Boston Garden to their advantage
Larry Bird sets the record straight on one of the NBA's biggest myths if the Celtics use the Boston Garden’s dead spots as a ...