Why Did Red Auerbach Smoke All Those Cigars and Hold a Rolled-Up Game Program While Coaching the Boston Celtics?

Red Auerbach goes down as one of the best NBA coaches and executives of all time.

Mike Thomas  •  21 Aug 2021
The Boston Celtics Nearly Bounced to San Diego Until the Strangest Trade Ever Saved Them

In 1978, Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin wanted a team closer to his LA home. After toying with moving the vaunted Celtics to San Diego, Levin engineered a trade with Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown. They swapped franchises and Levin took the Braves to the West Coast.

Phil Watson  •  21 Aug 2021
Larry Bird Brought His Teammates to French Lick, and Bill Walton Left With a Souvenir and a Strange Impression of the Town

Larry Bird has said the 1986 team was the best one he played on in Boston.

Mike Thomas  •  18 Aug 2021
Kevin Garnett Had the Weirdest, Most Intimidating Trash-Talk Game in the NBA According to Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin says that Kevin Garnett was the last of a generation of trash talkers who really knew how to get in their opponents’ head. He said that Garnett would unnerve his opponent by talking trash without directly looking at them which was funny and unsettling to Griffin.

Tim Crean  •  17 Aug 2021
Robert Parish’s Biggest Basketball Moment Came in the 8th Grade

Robert Parish had his biggest basketball moment in the eighth grade.

Mike Thomas  •  17 Aug 2021
Kevin McHale Saw the NBA Take a Turn for the Worse During His Final Years With the Boston Celtics

Kevin McHale saw a decline in the NBA during the final seasons of his career.

Mike Thomas  •  17 Aug 2021
Robert Parish Learned a Career-Changing Lesson When He Showed Up to His First Boston Celtics Training Camp Out of Shape

When Robert Parish first joined the Boston Celtics, he learned a career-changing lesson about the importance of being in shape.

Joe Kozlowski  •  16 Aug 2021
Larry Bird Wanted 1 Legendary College Coach to Take Over the Boston Celtics but Never Got His Wish

There was one coach Larry Bird wanted to take over the Boston Celtics, and it never happened.,

Mike Thomas  •  15 Aug 2021
Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis Trash-Talked Kevin Garnett and Needed Some Advice From His Mother to Avoid an Awkward Situation

As an NBA rookie, Glen Davis made the mistake of trash-talking Kevin Garnett. Then, on his mother’s advice, he had to apologize to the veteran.

Joe Kozlowski  •  14 Aug 2021