A moment of silence for one of my all time favorite NBA players. A born Celtic hater I am, but like Larry Legend you just had to give props to D.J. for his all-around play and clutch shooting. I'll never forget the defensive job he did on Kevin Grevey of the Washington Bullets in the '79 NBA Finals when he was a Seattle Supersonic. I have never seen a professional athlete so taken out of his game by an opponent.
And of course the Celtic years, he was brought in to defend Andrew Toney of the '76ers who was eating the Celtics for lunch. Toney's career was cut short by injuries, but D.J. helped the Celtics get 2 more rings. I just knew he was going to be the Celtics' head coach one day soon (the sooner the better with the job Doc Rivers has been doing I said).
He passed away today still doing what he loved, coaching an NBDL team in Austin.
We'll miss you.
And of course the Celtic years, he was brought in to defend Andrew Toney of the '76ers who was eating the Celtics for lunch. Toney's career was cut short by injuries, but D.J. helped the Celtics get 2 more rings. I just knew he was going to be the Celtics' head coach one day soon (the sooner the better with the job Doc Rivers has been doing I said).
He passed away today still doing what he loved, coaching an NBDL team in Austin.
We'll miss you.
Well, I guess Bird and those other guys helped, but they really needed DJ to get over the hump!
