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How Larry Bird welcomed Bill Walton to the Boston Celtics: "You wanna stay on this team, you throw the ball to me"

Guiding an NBA team often means helping new players adjust as quickly as possible. One of many occasions Larry Bird faced that task was when the late Bill Walton joined the Boston Celtics ahead of the ...
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Larry Bird shared how Bill Walton's health was crucial to the iconic 1986 Celtics team: "That year he played 80 games for us"

One of the most celebrated teams in the NBA, the Boston Celtics, enjoys a global following. Home to legends like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, the Cs have ...
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Bill Walton was glad to be Bird's servant in Boston: "Be sure that his shoes were fine and his uniform was folded neatly"

Kidding aside, Walton was no joke several years prior to becoming a role player for the Celtics. Taking a quick trip down ...

"There must have been an exhaustive search to find footage of me actually playing" - Rick Carlisle found humor in his unexpected moment on "The Last Dance"

The Last Dance” showed a clip of Michael Jordan scoring over the defense of Rick Carlisle, but the latter did not seem to ...