jerryskids 5,192 Posted April 26, 2019 Sad to hear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patriotsfatboy1 1,432 Posted April 26, 2019 Dude was 79, so not unexpected I guess. Was a great player who helped bridge Celtics generations. Great athlete. RIP Hondo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RaiderHaters Revenge 3,579 Posted April 26, 2019 must be too young, I read it as Jeff Hornacek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patweisers44 697 Posted April 26, 2019 Every time I hear this dudes name I think of the worst homer announcer ever rasping into a microphone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted April 26, 2019 Another Boston overrated white guy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted April 26, 2019 22 minutes ago, edjr said: Another Boston overrated white guy Says the most overrated white guy in all of Mass. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted April 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, vuduchile said: Says the most overrated white guy in all of Mass. What has anyone ever claimed I was good at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted April 26, 2019 I got into watching sports when I was a little tyke around 1970. Growing up in Boston three of the teams had a definite leader/star who became my hero's: Boston Bruins: Bobby Orr Boston Celtics: John Havlicek Boston Red Sox: Yaz (The best the Pats had at the time was Plunkett but he was always getting hurt because they suxed.) With the exception of Bobby Orr playing 26 games for Chicago, the three played their entire careers for Boston and they were all perennial All -Stars and perennial MVP candidates. Even with Bobby Orr's shortened 9 year career, the three combined for 40 All Star Games. Hondo was a great clutch shooter and defender who averaged 20 points a game but easily could have averaged a lot more if he was concerned with his stats. A class guy who was loved in Boston. RIP Hondo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thornton Melon 544 Posted April 26, 2019 Great player, great teammate, great communitarian (is that a word?). Great memories watching him play when I was a kid. RIP, Hondo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NEWPOSTERGUY! 266 Posted April 26, 2019 the '76 NBA Finals vs Phoenix was such a classic ... but it won't be celebrated as much, seeing as how the big guns for the Suns were Adams and Westfall and one of the Van Arsdales ... and the Celts had Cowens and Hondo and Nelson. sure there was Gar Heard, and Silas and JoJo ... but the big guns all lacked a "tan", so to speak. believe there was a triple overtime game in Phoenix ... Hondo was outta his mind in that one, playing like a guy who was 10 years younger. a class act all rhe way, and a reminder of when the NBA was actually a watchable commodity. R.I.P. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,562 Posted April 26, 2019 1 minute ago, NEWPOSTERGUY! said: the '76 NBA Finals vs Phoenix was such a classic ... but it won't be celebrated as much, seeing as how the big guns for the Suns were Adams and Westfall and one of the Van Arsdales ... and the Celts had Cowens and Hondo and Nelson. sure there was Gar Heard, and Silas and JoJo ... but the big guns all lacked a "tan", so to speak. believe there was a triple overtime game in Phoenix ... Hondo was outta his mind in that one, playing like a guy who was 10 years younger. a class act all rhe way, and a reminder of when the NBA was actually a watchable commodity. R.I.P. I was 3, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,639 Posted April 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, vuduchile said: Says the most overrated white guy in all of Mass. Don't you have to be rated to be overrated? I mean, it's kind of like public Access television. You're not going to even find him in the Nielsen ratings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted April 26, 2019 19 minutes ago, edjr said: What has anyone ever claimed I was good at? Post padding Post counting Post reporting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted April 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, NEWPOSTERGUY! said: the '76 NBA Finals vs Phoenix was such a classic ... but it won't be celebrated as much, seeing as how the big guns for the Suns were Adams and Westfall and one of the Van Arsdales ... and the Celts had Cowens and Hondo and Nelson. sure there was Gar Heard, and Silas and JoJo ... but the big guns all lacked a "tan", so to speak. believe there was a triple overtime game in Phoenix ... Hondo was outta his mind in that one, playing like a guy who was 10 years younger. a class act all rhe way, and a reminder of when the NBA was actually a watchable commodity. R.I.P. I remember that series. JoJo White was a black point guard for that team. You cant make this stuff up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mighty_thor 115 Posted April 26, 2019 29 minutes ago, NEWPOSTERGUY! said: the '76 NBA Finals vs Phoenix was such a classic ... but it won't be celebrated as much, seeing as how the big guns for the Suns were Adams and Westfall and one of the Van Arsdales ... and the Celts had Cowens and Hondo and Nelson. sure there was Gar Heard, and Silas and JoJo ... but the big guns all lacked a "tan", so to speak. believe there was a triple overtime game in Phoenix ... Hondo was outta his mind in that one, playing like a guy who was 10 years younger. a class act all rhe way, and a reminder of when the NBA was actually a watchable commodity. R.I.P. I remember that 76 game like it was yesterday. End of the 2nd overtime was unbelievable. Celts were up by 3 with like 10 seconds left (no 3 point shot back then). Phoenix gets a basket then westfall steals the inbound pass and phoenix gets a basket to go up by one with like 4 seconds left. Hondo takes the ball coast to coast and scores with 1 second left to put the Celtics up by 1(no tenths on the clock back then). The Celtics race to the locker room with the crowd flowing onto the court thinking they won. They bring the team back on the court and Phoenix has the ball down by one under their own basket with no timeouts. They call a timeout so they can advance the ball to half court and they get a technical foul for calling a timeout when they have none. Boston sinks the technical and then Phoenix has the ball at half court down by 2. They pass the ball in and someone (i think it was Alvin Adams) hits a quick jumper and ties the game with nothing on the clock. Celts win in the third overtime led by hardly used Glen McDonald who was playing because so many guys had fouled out. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NEWPOSTERGUY! 266 Posted April 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, mighty_thor said: I remember that 76 game like it was yesterday. End of the 2nd overtime was unbelievable. Celts were up by 3 with like 10 seconds left (no 3 point shot back then). Phoenix gets a basket then westfall steals the inbound pass and phoenix gets a basket to go up by one with like 4 seconds left. Hondo takes the ball coast to coast and scores with 1 second left to put the Celtics up by 1(no tenths on the clock back then). The Celtics race to the locker room with the crowd flowing onto the court thinking they won. They bring the team back on the court and Phoenix has the ball down by one under their own basket with no timeouts. They call a timeout so they can advance the ball to half court and they get a technical foul for calling a timeout when they have none. Boston sinks the technical and then Phoenix has the ball at half court down by 2. They pass the ball in and someone (i think it was Alvin Adams) hits a quick jumper and ties the game with nothing on the clock. Celts win in the third overtime led by hardly used Glen McDonald who was playing because so many guys had fouled out. damn fine recollection outta you, as exciting to read all these years later as it was to watch as an 8 yr old - maybe even moreso now because of the fockin' cesspool the league has become. thanks for that post! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thornton Melon 544 Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, mighty_thor said: I remember that 76 game like it was yesterday. End of the 2nd overtime was unbelievable. Celts were up by 3 with like 10 seconds left (no 3 point shot back then). Phoenix gets a basket then westfall steals the inbound pass and phoenix gets a basket to go up by one with like 4 seconds left. Hondo takes the ball coast to coast and scores with 1 second left to put the Celtics up by 1(no tenths on the clock back then). The Celtics race to the locker room with the crowd flowing onto the court thinking they won. They bring the team back on the court and Phoenix has the ball down by one under their own basket with no timeouts. They call a timeout so they can advance the ball to half court and they get a technical foul for calling a timeout when they have none. Boston sinks the technical and then Phoenix has the ball at half court down by 2. They pass the ball in and someone (i think it was Alvin Adams) hits a quick jumper and ties the game with nothing on the clock. Celts win in the third overtime led by hardly used Glen McDonald who was playing because so many guys had fouled out. A fan punched one of the refs, I believe after the 2nd OT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NEWPOSTERGUY! 266 Posted April 26, 2019 6 minutes ago, Thornton Melon said: A fan punched one of the refs, I believe after the 2nd OT. awwwww, hell yeah ... forgot about that - fockin' savage and i believe it was Gar Heard who hit that last second shot for Phoenix - though Alvan Adams very well may have been the guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thornton Melon 544 Posted April 26, 2019 1 hour ago, NEWPOSTERGUY! said: awwwww, hell yeah ... forgot about that - fockin' savage and i believe it was Gar Heard who hit that last second shot for Phoenix - though Alvan Adams very well may have been the guy Yeah, it was Gar Heard. The ref was Richie Powers. I don't know the fan's name, but he was arrested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,192 Posted April 26, 2019 4 hours ago, edjr said: What has anyone ever claimed I was good at? Letting ghey guys get bet up outside of your bar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
