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Boston Celtics Top Draft Picks, Year by Year
Year # Pick School WS 1947 3 Bulbs Ehlers Purdue 3 1948 3 George Hauptfuhrer Harvard U N/A 1949 4 Tony Lavelli Yale 4.7 1950 1 Chuck Share Bowling Green 40.9 1951 7 Ernie Barrett Kansas State 0.8 1952 6 Bob Stauffer Missouri N/A 1953 5 Frank Ramsey Kentucky 49.2 1954 5 Togo Palazzi Holy… Read more
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Best NBA Draft Picks, Year by Year
Year # Player Team WS WS/48 1947 Harry Gallatin Baltimore Bullets 78.4 0.182 1947 Andy Phillip Chicago Stags 53.3 0.077 1947 Red Rocha Toronto Huskies 47.9 0.109 Year # Player Team WS WS/48 1948 4 Dolph Schayes New York Knicks 142.4 0.192 1948 Harry Gallatin New York Knicks 78.4 0.182 1948 10 Bobby Wanzer Rochester… Read more
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NBA #1 Draft Picks, Year by Year
Year No. 1 pick Team School WS 1947 Clifton McNeeley Pittsburgh Ironmen Texas-El Paso N/A 1948 Andy Tonkovich Providence Steamrollers Marshall -0.4 1949 Vern Mikkelsen Minneapolis Lakers Hamline 83.4 1950 Paul Arizin Philadelphia Warriors Villanova 108.8 1951 Whitey Skoog Minneapolis Lakers Minnesota 14.3 1952 Bill Mlkvy Philadelphia Warriors Temple -1 1953 Walter Dukes New York… Read more
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Mack’s Hockey Stuff: The President’s Trophy Curse
The term “President’s Trophy Curse” refers to the trophy awarded to the NHL team that finishes the regular season with the best record. The curse idea comes from the fact that in recent decades, it’s been rare for the President’s Trophy winner to go on to win the Stanley Cup. In this table, the years… Read more
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Revisiting NBA Finals MVPs, 1957-1969
The first NBA Finals MVP award went to Jerry West of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1969. West was a great player, one of the best of his generation and probably a top ten all time guard. He had a great series against the Celtics, putting up an absurd 37.9 points and 7.4 assists while… Read more
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A timeline of pro sports in Boston.
Still a work in progress. The 1870s April 22nd, 1876: The Boston Red Caps play their first game in the newly formed National League at South End Grounds. The team had played in the old National Association from 1871 to 1875, when they were known as the Boston Red Stockings. September 29th, 1877: The Red… Read more
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Boston Celtics Championship teams ranked
This is a simple list ordered by each team’s total winning percentage. I made it to give myself some context about how great these teams were relative to each other, who the best players were on those teams, who coached them, who they had to beat to get that banner, and how good their opposition… Read more
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The Eternal Debate: Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James
When comparing two basketball players, how do you determine who’s better? There’s many factors; per game stats, advanced stats, individual accolades, championships, finals appearances, etc. There are players who had very good, very long careers, and others who were in the NBA for shorter spans but were spectacular while they were there. These days, the… Read more
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Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain: What Really Happened?
There’s two narratives I always hear about the eight times Bill Russell’s Celtics faced one of Wilt Chamberlain’s teams in the playoffs in the 1960s. Many people say that Russell, one of the greatest defensive players of all time, absolutely shut Wilt down and basically wiped the floor with him. Others claim that the first… Read more
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A Timeline of Expansion, Contraction, Re-Location and Name Changes in the NBA
1946-47: 11 teams The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded in 1946. The new league started out with eleven franchises; Boston Celtics Chicago Stags Cleveland Rebels Detroit Falcons New York Knicks Philadelphia Warriors Pittsburgh Ironmen Providence Steamrollers St. Louis Bombers Toronto Huskies Washington Capitols Of the original eleven, only the Celtics and Knicks didn’t… Read more
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