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    Boston Celtics Star John Havlicek Has Passed Away

    For those of you basketball fans out there, John Havlicek, Boston Celtics player has passed away. "Hondo" as he was known was 79.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-ha...wn-2019-04-26/

    May he RIP.
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    Rip jh
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    I suppose I'm at the age where my idols will be passing regularly. Kinda sucky.

    RIP John. You were one of the greats!
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    RIP to an all time great.

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    Boston Celtics great John Havlicek, who passed away Thursday, was briefly a member of the Cleveland Browns. Paul Brown made him a seventh-round pick in 1962 (95th overall). Havlicek hadn't played football since high school, but Brown thought he could be a receiver. Havlicek spent one camp in football and wore No. 89. He played in one game – throwing a key block on a 45-yard TD run by Jim Brown. He then went on to a Hall of Fame career in basketball – even though in 1966 Art Modell tried to entice him to return to the NFL, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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    Had the privilege of seeing him play many times, and also met him several times at charity events.

    Great player and really nice guy. He did a lot of charity work.

    One of only three players to go 8-0 in NBA Finals. 1974 NBA Finals MVP. 13 time NBA All Star.

    All time scoring leader of the Boston Celtics, averaging 20.8 ppg over a 16 year career.

    His 1960 Ohio State NCAA champion team, which included Jerry Lucas and Bobby Knight, set a record that will never be broken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gamewell45 View Post
    For those of you basketball fans out there, John Havlicek, Boston Celtics player has passed away. "Hondo" as he was known was 79.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-ha...wn-2019-04-26/

    May he RIP.

    I was a huge Celtic fan back in the day. "Hondo, Bird, McHale, Johnson, ainge, Parrish, et al. I don't watch much BB anymore.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I was a huge Celtic fan back in the day. "Hondo, Bird, McHale, Johnson, ainge, Parrish, et al. I don't watch much BB anymore.
    I used to love it when Boston came to NJ to play against the Nets. While I am a Nets fan, I always enjoyed watch the likes of Larry Bird play because he rarely missed a standard jumper shot. Overall they were a very good team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gamewell45 View Post
    I used to love it when Boston came to NJ to play against the Nets. While I am a Nets fan, I always enjoyed watch the likes of Larry Bird play because he rarely missed a standard jumper shot. Overall they were a very good team.

    Bird played the game smart. At one point the half forward half guard thing was literally called "The Larry Bird Position"

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