Mortality really hits home when sports stars from your teens pass away. Red Aurbach, cigar clenched between his teeth, will probably be the first to meet him with open arms in that great sports Valhalla up above.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Dennis Johnson, RIP
Dennis Johnson, one of the overlooked great players of the 1980s and a vital cog in the Celtics teams of the 1980s died of a heart attack today while coaching the Celts' Development League team. Sportsguy's tribute sums up much of what I feel. Like Simmons, I'll forever remember him taking Bird's pass off of his steal from Isiah and making that famous clinching layup in game 5 of the conference finals in 1987 with Johnny Most's gravelly voice as the backdrop.
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With Red and DJ gone I think we just need one or two other former celtics greats to pass away in the next two months to have enough hands in heaven to help ensure the ping pong balls bounce our way and we win the draft lottery this year. Hopefully Pitino doesn't die in the next two months--he'll try to screw things up for us up there.
"Look, people, Len Bias isn't walking through that door. Reggie Lewis isn't walking through tha . . . Holy shit! Reggie! Len!"
"Hopefully Pitino doesn't die..."
Man, I never thought I'd say those words.
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