john havlicek

“So hopefully this year, again, we’ll have the luck of the leprechaun and we’ll get it done again. I definitely believe last year they were right there. They’re already a championship team. They just needed a little JET fuel” Celtics.com Watching that video and it’s pretty clear that whenever Jason Terry retires, he’ll immediately get [...]

On April 9, 1978, John Havlicek played his last game before Celtics fans. How did they treat the legendary Hondo? With a roaring 7 minute standing ovation that will make the hair on the back of you neck stand up. I've never seen/heard anything like it. The best part of all, no hyped up introduction [...]

John Havlicek and Kevin McHale locked up in our tightest matchup yet.  After a back-and-forth battle, Kevin McHale came up with the upset, outlasting Hondo to win by just 4 votes.  So the Celtics' all-time leading scorer takes a seat while Kevin McHale waits for next weeks Paul Pierce/Ray Allen winner.  Today, former teammates Tommy [...]

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 [...]

John Havlicek had no problem with Rajon Rondo yesterday, taking 72% of the votes. He'll move on to face Kevin McHale in a few days.  It's our first completed quarterfinal bracket.  The next completed quarterfinal bracket will come once this matchup is settled.  Next week, our top seeds, Larry Bird and Paul Pierce will enter [...]

Ray Allen had a very easy time with Sam Jones yesterday, taking 86% of the vote.  I had an inkling that Ray would take it easily, even though it's a much closer matchup than people realize.  Fact is, few of us have seen Sam Jones play, so this matchup turned into a blow out.  Ray [...]

Kevin McHale made short work of his former point guard yesterday.  Almost 90% of you think McHale would win a 1-on-1 against Dennis Johnson. He moves on to face the winner of the Rajon Rondo, John Havlicek matchup.  That's a few days away.  Today, we've got Reggie Lewis matching up against Bill Russell.   (5) [...]

If you can recall the book review series we did for Tim Donaghy's book last year here at Redsarmy, then you'll know what these posts will be about.  Basically, I take any Celtic-related excerpts from a basketball related book and give a few thoughts and comments about them.  There are several good books out there [...]

Rajon Rondo smoked Rick Fox in yesterday's 1-on-1 matchup, taking 81% of the vote.  He's moving on in a few days to face John Havlicek in a "Hondo vs. Rondo" match. But we've still got two first round matchups to get to before we get to our matchups against the top seeded players.  Today, we [...]

 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 [...]