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#21

Celtic center hasnt been true in 30 years.I don't think Parish being at center trancended sports.

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#22

WoolyGoat Wrote:Red Sox catcher transcends sports? I don't think so.

I don't remember the position.. red sox something.. i was thinking catcher because of fisk... might have been pitcher
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#23

BIRD33 Wrote:Celtic center hasnt been true in 30 years.I don't think Parish being at center trancended sports.

I know for a fact Micheals said center...
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#24

I'm not sure Bernie Williams transcends sports either.

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#25

WoolyGoat Wrote:I'm not sure Bernie Williams transcends sports either.
It goes without saying. Could you ever be certain? There should be some common ground here.

Who said I had to make sense ?
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#26

Anhil8tor Wrote:I know for a fact Micheals said center...

I'm sure he did.He's old.It still doesnt make sense in todays sports culture.

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#27

BIRD33 Wrote:I think Bias is overrated because he died.He was going to be good but not a superstar.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto...ons/061030

Lenny Bias is a member of the Boston Celtics. At the news conference, Red puffs a cigar and grins from ear to ear. He just added the best college player to the best NBA team ever. This was the kid we wanted all along, he says. One year shy of 70, Red has a realistic chance to dominate the NBA for four consecutive decades. It's a foolproof plan. Bias saves the legs of the Big Three (Bird, McHale and Parish). The presence of the Big Three allows Bias to develop at his own pace. Bird will teach Bias everything he knows and, eventually, pass the torch to him. The Celtics will keep winning and winning. Lenny Bias will lead the way. Lenny Bias is the chosen one. That's the plan.

Two days later, Bias is gone. Cocaine overdose. And when he meets the press later that week, for the first time ever, Red Auerbach looks like an old man. Little does he know that the Celtics will never be the same. Or maybe he does.

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WoolyGoat Wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto...ons/061030

Lenny Bias is a member of the Boston Celtics. At the news conference, Red puffs a cigar and grins from ear to ear. He just added the best college player to the best NBA team ever. This was the kid we wanted all along, he says. One year shy of 70, Red has a realistic chance to dominate the NBA for four consecutive decades. It's a foolproof plan. Bias saves the legs of the Big Three (Bird, McHale and Parish). The presence of the Big Three allows Bias to develop at his own pace. Bird will teach Bias everything he knows and, eventually, pass the torch to him. The Celtics will keep winning and winning. Lenny Bias will lead the way. Lenny Bias is the chosen one. That's the plan.

Two days later, Bias is gone. Cocaine overdose. And when he meets the press later that week, for the first time ever, Red Auerbach looks like an old man. Little does he know that the Celtics will never be the same. Or maybe he does.


Nothing's fool proof.If he didnt die and just had an average career nobody would have been shocked.

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#29

True. He's also the guy behind drafting Joe Forte.

The Celtics have certainly not been the same since, though.

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#30

1986 Len Bias* 2
1987 Reggie Lewis 22
1988 Brian Shaw 24
1989 Michael Smith 13
1990 Dee Brown 19
1991 Rick Fox 24
1992 Jon Barry* 21
1993 Acie Earl 19
1994 Eric Montross 9
1995 Eric Williams 14
1996 Antoine Walker 6
1997 Chauncey Billups 3
1997 Ron Mercer 6
1998 Paul Pierce 10
1999 None -
2000 Jerome Moiso 11
2001 Joe Johnson 10
2001 Kedrick Brown 11
2001 Joseph Forte 21
2002 None -
2003 Troy Bell* 16
2003 Dahntay Jones* 20
2004 Al Jefferson 15
2004 Delonte West 24
2004 Tony Allen 25
2005 Gerald Green



Besides Billups(pitino) and Pierce they havent drafted well since Bias.

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#31

Reggie Lewis was a great pick. Some other have turned out to be good players, just not for the C's (Billups, Joe Johnson, etc.).

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#32

WoolyGoat Wrote:Reggie Lewis was a great pick. Some other have turned out to be good players, just not for the C's (Billups, Joe Johnson, etc.).


They basically(the owner did) chose Pitino over Bird when Bird was still involved.That opened the door for Bird to go to the Pacers and forever closed the door to any type of historic celts dynasty that could have developed.

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#33

BIRD33 Wrote:1986 Len Bias* 2
1987 Reggie Lewis 22
1988 Brian Shaw 24
1989 Michael Smith 13
1990 Dee Brown 19
1991 Rick Fox 24
1992 Jon Barry* 21
1993 Acie Earl 19
1994 Eric Montross 9
1995 Eric Williams 14
1996 Antoine Walker 6
1997 Chauncey Billups 3
1997 Ron Mercer 6
1998 Paul Pierce 10
1999 None -
2000 Jerome Moiso 11
2001 Joe Johnson 10
2001 Kedrick Brown 11
2001 Joseph Forte 21
2002 None -
2003 Troy Bell* 16
2003 Dahntay Jones* 20
2004 Al Jefferson 15
2004 Delonte West 24
2004 Tony Allen 25
2005 Gerald Green



Besides Billups(pitino) and Pierce they havent drafted well since Bias.

what do the stars mean? outing invisible members is gax or something
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#34

Red did not check in upstairs. I heard his punishment was eternity spent watching Pitino "highlights" on blue ray DVD's.
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#35

stars are no longer in the league?
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#36

* never played with Celtics

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