Celtics ☘️ Sentinel

  I pose the question what made you fall in love with the game of basketball? I really want to know how our readers feel... The beautiful game of basketball has been a part of my life since I was born. My dad used to record the C's on video cassette tapes! Needless to say I was destined to love the game of basketball. I can't remember a time when I wasn't playing as a kid. Whether for my local city team, one on one with my dad, or schooling my friends day after day. I took great pride in grade school to have stayed undefeated one on one. There was the time in middle school where I won the game with nothing but net three. There were plenty of times I was lucky to attend UMass basketball camp. In high school I treated my outdoor court like the Garden and rarely lost vs my friends. I have great memories of an adapted 21 that me and my Papou (Grandpa in Greek) used to play. College ball wasn't in the cards for me but the love of playing every day in the gym never ended. Cur

  Only four NBA players have done it - registering double-digits in four major stats in a single game. And it has been more than 30 years since anyone has done it. David Robinson accomplished the feat in 1994, coming away with 34 points, 10 boards, 10 assists and 10 blocks. Nate Thurmond, Alvin Robertson and Hakeem Olajuwon also did it in prior years.  To accomplish a quad-double, it pays to be big and a defensive-minded player. All of the above foursome won the Defensive-Player-of-the-Year Award at least once, and three were centers - with Robertson being the sole non-center. Points, Rebounds and Assists seem to be the common denominator, and the fourth stat was blocks for the three centers - but steals for Robertson. Here's Nate Thurmond on quad-doubles ( per Wikipedia): "The reason why [the quadruple-double] is such a hard thing to accomplish is because it requires a player to be completely dominant on both ends of the court without being too selfish—so he can get the

  This mock draft was held several years ago, and eight teams consisting of 10 players each would be drafted - for a total of 80 players. A total of 76 players had to come from the members of the 75th Anniversary Team, and four others could be "wild cards". It was a snake draft. Larry Bird was the first Celtic chosen (by Sue Bird) with the 13th-overall pick. It is noteworthy that Dominique Wilkins chose himself with the #1 -overall pick . Bill Russell was the second player from Boston - taken with the 19th pick by Shams Charania . Kevin Garnett went to Sue Bird with the very-next (#20) pick . Kevin McHale was off the board at #24, and Ray Allen was next at #34 by Charania. Dave Cowens went to Charles Barkley at #38 and Wilkins chose Paul Pierce at #48. West took John Havlicek and Bill Sharman with his 8th and 10th picks, respectively, well after going with Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain and Elgin Baylor as his first, 2nd and 4th choices, respectively.  Sue Bird took Sam