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Passing of a Celtics legend
Boston Globe ^
| October 28, 2006
| Peter May
Posted on 10/28/2006 6:10:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Red was never the same again after they banned cigars from the Boston Garden. Neither were the Celtics.
RIP.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:32:09 PM PDT
by
Radix
(I ain't settling for Marvin Gardens when the Boardwalk is in my sights.)
To: NonValueAdded
"I wonder what red is going to say now to Len Bias on that big parquet court in the sky."
Len, you effed up. You could have played with Bird, Parrish, McHale, Johnson, etc...it might have been the best team in history. But, you are forgiven.
RIP Red and Len.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:33:01 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: mhking; MassRepublicanFlyersFan; TommyDale
To: gate2wire
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:35:02 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Lynne Cheney 2008)
To: IslandJeff
It was so close to happening.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:37:54 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: gate2wire
Thinking 70 wins, with Ainge running the backcourt for most of the second half.
What is it with Boston and terminal Near-Greatness?
I just sit here on the West Coast with envy.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:40:13 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Lynne Cheney 2008)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Truly a sports legend...he will be missed
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:41:54 PM PDT
by
Mpatl
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Red Auerbach last night had a vision..in it, he saw wilt chamberlain..so he had to ask, "wilt, tell me, is there basketball in heaven?"...wilt said, "red, you betcha, 300 teams"...red said, "that's great"..wilt replied, "well red, there's good news and bad news..the good news is, the finals are tied at 3 games apiece and I'm the starting center..the bad news is, you're coaching us in game 7"..
RIP Red..the game lost a good one..
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:44:04 PM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(At 53, I'm already thinkin about goin home before I get to where I'm goin...:-))
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
A Great Man, He had a part in nearly every one of those legendary Celtics teams.
Lets Win One for Ol' Red ;)
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:51:50 PM PDT
by
MassachusettsGOP
(May the West and Republicans Always Win...)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Oh, no. RIP.
To: IslandJeff
"I just sit here on the West Coast with envy."
You could watch West, Chamberlain, Goodrich, Hairston, McMillen, Magic, Alcindar, Cooper, Worthy, Rambis, etc...
I sit here on the East Coast with envy.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:56:56 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
I'd do a Howie Carr ping but maybe I'll just mention it on Monday's ping...and (morbid to say this) sad to say I think
he was in the most recent HC death pool...
Anyway, he's with Johnny Most now, high above courtside.
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
Good night, Red.
As a Lakers fan, I enjoyed hating you and your great teams in the 1980s, but you were never anything but class. And so were those teams.
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:02:44 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(<---- Bible-thumping fundamentalist, known to the media as a "theocon")
To: gate2wire
Yeah, but the Lakers Of Now are just a merchandising machine - not an orchestrated team of greatness.
In fact, the NBA Old School only exists in weird places like Miami and Dallas.
Red's boots are, in this day and age, going to be impossible to fill, FRiend.
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:04:03 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Lynne Cheney 2008)
To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:06:58 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: gate2wire
Oh, you forgot Walton, but he played on both coasts. Nevermind.
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:08:03 PM PDT
by
IslandJeff
(Lynne Cheney 2008)
To: IslandJeff
"In fact, the NBA Old School only exists in weird places like Miami and Dallas."
And in the memories of people like me. I stopped watching the NBA shorty after Magic and Bird retired.
(How could I forget Elgin Baylor?)
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:10:50 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: IslandJeff
Never thought much of Walton as a Pro.
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:12:08 PM PDT
by
gate2wire
(Please Lord, look after 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: gate2wire
I stopped watching the NBA shorty after Magic and Bird retired. Ditto. On those rare occasions when I come across a game on TV nowadays, I am always convinced that the Lakers or Celtics from the 1980s would mop the floor with whatever team I am watching.
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posted on
10/28/2006 7:13:49 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(<---- Bible-thumping fundamentalist, known to the media as a "theocon")
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