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Former Celtics player Dennis Johnson Dead at 52.

Posted on 02/22/2007 1:15:06 PM PST by NYleatherneck

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To: SmoothTalker

The '86 Celtics were the best team in the history of the NBA. Don't give me any hooey about the Bulls of the '90s or the Lakers; that team was a smart, veteran team which, in addition to being the best, had some great personalities (not the ass-clowns seen today but good people). IMHO, the league went downhill quickly after those guys retired. DJ was a great teammate who did whatever it took to compete and win. He was one of the best one-on-one defenders in the history of the game, a great clutch shooter and took it up in big games. Prayers and condolances to his family.


81 posted on 02/22/2007 4:29:55 PM PST by Smber (The smallest minority is the individual. Get the government off my back.)
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To: NYleatherneck
DJ - from the era the B in NBA stood for basket ball, not business.
82 posted on 02/22/2007 4:40:46 PM PST by llevrok ("“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde)
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To: lilylangtree

WTF?!?!? What would make you say such a thing? It was more like a pulmonary embolism or something of that nature.

Shame on you.


83 posted on 02/22/2007 4:47:28 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (Liberals : So open-minded....their brains have all fallen out)
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To: NYleatherneck
RIP
84 posted on 02/22/2007 4:49:38 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (Liberals : So open-minded....their brains have all fallen out)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

An aging team with no back up center and their 1st round pick having died from doing blow in the off season. Bias would have made a huge difference in that series.


85 posted on 02/22/2007 4:52:38 PM PST by misterrob (Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
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To: NYleatherneck

Sad - remember those days and games so well.


86 posted on 02/22/2007 4:52:51 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: NYleatherneck
"Now there's a steal by Bird, underneath to DJ who lays it in."

RIP DJ!!

87 posted on 02/22/2007 4:53:26 PM PST by PISANO
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To: speedy

And the Celts got him from Phoenix for Rick Robey of all people.

One of Red's best trades ever. Right behind the 1st round pick to Golden State for Robert Parrish and the #3 overall that turned out to be Kevin McHale.


88 posted on 02/22/2007 4:54:16 PM PST by misterrob (Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
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To: misterrob

If memory serves, that pick was Joe Barry Carroll. I'll take that trade any day. Another good one was getting Don Nelson from Chicago for someone long lost to my memory.


89 posted on 02/22/2007 5:14:24 PM PST by speedy
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To: mainepatsfan
Back when I couldn't wait for the NBA playoffs to begin.

Yeah, the 80's was actually a golden era in the NBA. Celtics Vs. Sixers and Celtics vs. Lakers were epic battles.

RIP DJ.

90 posted on 02/22/2007 5:25:19 PM PST by Norman Arbuthnot
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To: eyedigress
****Agreed! I stayed up late for every game, (It was late back then...)That was an exciting series against the Bullets.****

I remember watching that series too it was the week after I graduated from High School. Great games and I hated the Bullets.

91 posted on 02/22/2007 8:04:32 PM PST by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: altura

If you saw the '84 series, you'd know what I was talking about.


92 posted on 02/22/2007 8:41:08 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: NYleatherneck

May he rest in peace. Prayers for the family.


93 posted on 02/22/2007 9:21:00 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: NYleatherneck

Rest in peace, D.J.


94 posted on 02/22/2007 9:39:36 PM PST by Roberts
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To: RedCell

I think the Celtics are in Los Angeles, to play the Lakers tomorrow night. I got to see him play in person and up close, as well as Ainge, Bird, McHale, Parrish and the Chief. Man, those were the days.

Condolences to and prayers for his family, and for the Celtics organization.


95 posted on 02/22/2007 10:43:02 PM PST by Christian4Bush (Too bad these leftist advocates for abortion didn't practice what they preach on themselves.)
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To: Seeking the truth
Yep, DJ caught the pass from Bird & made the basket....Great moment in sport.

And a classic call by the great Johnny Most.

96 posted on 02/22/2007 10:44:50 PM PST by Christian4Bush (Too bad these leftist advocates for abortion didn't practice what they preach on themselves.)
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To: NYleatherneck

I am guessing he died from Marfan's.


97 posted on 02/22/2007 11:13:46 PM PST by LukeL (Never let the enemy pick the battle site. (Gen. George S. Patton))
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To: fkabuckeyesrule
I was in the 9th grade and remembering them bring out (THE BIG "E") Elvin Hayes and Jack Sikma for the Sonics. And who could forget "Downtown Freddy Brown", It was awesome. DJ had the heart and soul of that team. He was a good man and you could tell just by watching. RIP DJ
98 posted on 02/23/2007 8:38:13 AM PST by eyedigress
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To: NYleatherneck
In recent years, DJ gained a lot of weight. I was surprised, no, shocked, the last time I saw him on TV (around a year ago).

More than likely, the huge weight gain played a part in his death.

99 posted on 02/24/2007 1:00:23 PM PST by PallMal
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