dave cowens

Today is NBA Hall of Famer and Boston Celtics legend Dave Cowens‘ 64th birthday. Cowens was brought in by Red Auerbach in 1970 to try and fill the enormous void left when Bill Russell retired. Well, Cowens was definitely successful in helping the C’s remain a dominant force in the NBA. He earned co-rookie of [...]

Larry Bird made short work of Dave Cowens yesterday, taking all but three votes to easily move on to the quarterfinals.  And with that, the quarters are set.  Here's how they look: Those are some legendary names squaring off.  We'll start in the bottom right, where John Havlicek squares off against Kevin McHale.  Let's get [...]

Paul Pierce had almost zero problem with Tiny Archibald yesterday.  He got all but two of the votes in the matchup, meaning Paul is now off to face Ray Allen next week in quarterfinals.   Today, our top overall seed, Larry Bird, steps into the fray against Dave Cowens.  Here's the tale of the tape: [...]

Kevin Garnett had no problem with Bob Cousy yesterday, taking nearly 90% of the voting.  In a few days, KG will take on the winner of the Larry Bird/Dave Cowens matchup.  Today we go over to the other side of the bracket for our 4/5 matchup of Ray Allen vs. Sam Jones.  Ray is our [...]

It's time for another group of NBA greats to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. That also means it's time for the 6th annual Grey Flannel Basketball Hall of Fame auction. I could spend hours going through the amazing items that Grey Flannel puts up for bid each year. This year's Celtics lot includes some absolutely [...]

Tiny Archibald made short work of Bill Sharman yesterday, taking 86% of the vote.  Tiny's got a big challenge.  In a few days, he'll be taking on White Bracket top seed, and second overall seed, Paul Pierce.  Today's matchup is for the right to face our overall #1, Larry Bird.  It pits Green Bracket 8th [...]

 A few weeks ago, we noticed Dime Magazine doing a league-wide 1-on-1 tourney where fans voted on the winners.  We thought it was a fantastic idea, so we… uhhhh… borrowed it.  Except we're putting our own little twist on it.  We went back through the annals of Celtics history and put together the ultimate 1-on-1 [...]

Taking a quick peek into the C's record books, Paul Pierce is pretty close to hitting some new milestones.  And unless a lockout wipes out all of next year, he'll do it this upcoming season.   Here's a quick peek at what he's got coming up.  Remember, these are Celtics records, not NBA records.  All [...]

Preseason?  That game last night hardly felt like a preseason game.  Madison Square Garden was near capacity as the fans witnessed Kevin Garnett get sent to the showers rather early.  Amare Stoudemire took advantage of KG's absence (along with the other bigs that didn't play or fouled out) but it was Paul Pierce who had [...]

Paul Pierce's 20 points lead a balanced attack by Team BigMck as they beat Reds Army 108-97 to capture the Legends Series, 4-2. Larry Bird (14 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists) was named series MVP. Dave Cowens added 14 points and 15 rebounds. "Our guys deserve this moment," said Bird as he poured champagne over [...]