Posted on 02/22/2007 1:15:06 PM PST by NYleatherneck
Yes
I bet this thread is going to be very unpleasant for you.
Gerald Henderson!!
Agreed! I stayed up late for every game, (It was late back then...)That was an exciting series against the Bullets.
Man, what a team. RIP, DJ...
It was indeed. Today's NBA is hard to stomach.
DJ's gone? Damn! In the 80's,opponents of the Celts would wet their pants when they'd see DJ,Bird,McHale and The Chief take the floor.
You should be ashamed of yourself!! I am breaking all FR rules...people like you who post on a genuinely grieving FR thread are scum.
I hope that Johnny Most was the first to greet DJ when he passed through the Pearly Gates.
Yep, DJ caught the pass from Bird & made the basket....Great moment in sport.
Too young.
People with AIDS get diseases like Pneumonia and Cancer and generally fade away in bed. They don't just pass out out of nowhere.
I knew DJ when he played for the Sonics. Real great guy and a dynamite player.
I was just looking at some Pete Maravich video the other day....
I'm 51...sheesh!
Yes, one of great shots of all time.
Unfortunately (for Celtic fans) it was in the 1987 eastern conference finals so it was merely the precursor to the Green losing to the Lakers in the finals 4 to 2.
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It has degenerated into something I'm ashamed to watch, except for Phoenix and Shaq/Wade in Miami. DJ was a class act, like many of that era.
Yep, they lost me about 10 years ago.
Same here. I feel like a great game has been taken away from us. DJ was a total pro -- cool under fire, consummate team player when it was still a team game. Bird often said he was the finest he played with. RIP, Dennis Johnson. So sad to have to type that.
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