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Photos, Videos, Archives ABA/NBA Gravedigger 🏀 #RacismoNo
Who was the best defensive player ever, it’s Bill Russell ? #DifferentHere
Red Auerbach : “No question, he changed the whole game” 🗣️
On April 6, 1972, Julius Erving rookie of the Virginia Squires led his team against Mack Calvin and Warren Jabali of the Miami Floridians during the 1972 Eastern Division semifinal playoff game 🗣️
24.10.2025 17:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
64 years ago 📅
7 Afro-American professional basketball players refused to play an exhibition game after five of them said they were denied service at the coffee shop of a Lexington hotel. #BlackHistory
Happy 58th Birthday @rexchapman.bsky.social Aka The Boy Wonder 💭
🎥 : Kentucky Announcement
Rare footage from Game 6 of the 1969 NBA Eastern Division Finals: New York Knicks at Boston Celtics
📽️ : Veritone @honestlarry.bsky.social
This first ever game for Bill Walton as a @laclippers.bsky.social player would take place on January 29, 1980.
📹 : Rare NBA Footage
Happy Birthday in Heaven, Elgin Baylor, the original 34 of Lakers 🎂
📸 : Paul Siegel
1974, Rare footage of Spurs in ABA !
Some familiar faces for basketball history nerds #PorVida
When Jeff Twiss explained to me the differences between banners with the white logo and the green logo #Celtics
Congratulations Jeff for this award 🙌
@honestlarry.bsky.social @mikedynon.bsky.social
Kevin Stacom is a living legend in the Rhode Island basketball community. PC Final Four 1973, Boston Celtics NBA champion 1976. Former owner of popular Mudville Pub in Newport. Coached USBL RI Gulls with Manute and Spud. Gladly poses for photos with random fans. Happy birthday, Kevin!
04.09.2025 20:57 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy 74th birthday Kevin Stacom, the man who dressed to impress #DifferentHere
📸: History of the Boston Celtics
Rare footage of @seattlesonics.bsky.social against @celticsnba.bsky.social at Boston Garden in 1974 ! @honestlarry.bsky.social
Some familiar faces for NBA history nerds 👀
Folks, have I mentioned that the interior design for my upcoming book is extraordinary?
27.08.2025 01:50 — 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
Bill Russell threatens to retire unless he is paid more than his rival Wilt the Stilt. Clever Bill the Hill! 🤔
But he tells his management that it doesn't have to be much more, he just wants a tiny little dollar difference. 💵
That year, he leads Boston to another title, the eighth overall and seventh in a row for the Celtics franchise ☘️.
Management is ready to offer Russell $75,000! But no way, The Stuffer refuses!
Ultimately, it was on August 25, 1965, that Whiskers re-signed with the Boston Celtics on this lucrative contract, subsequently becoming the highest-paid player in the NBA with a contract worth $100,001.
25.08.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This contract made Wilt the highest-paid basketball player of his time! 💰
Meanwhile, Russ negotiates his contract with the C's ✍️.
In 1965, Chamberlain had six titles as top scorer and four titles as top rebounder! Despite the fact that he had not yet won a championship, Philadelphia signed him for $100,000 over three years.
25.08.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Even with their two diametrically opposed styles, the two centers are neck and neck in terms of individual awards 🏆
On one side, Bill won:
- 11 Championships
- 5 MVP titles
- 11x All-NBA
On the other side, Wilt won:
- 2 Championships
- 4 MVP titles
- 1 MVP Finals
- 10x All-NBA
These two great players will eventually become good friends, but that doesn't lessen their rivalry! On the contrary, when it comes to money, and especially when it comes to who will earn the most, rivalry is the order of the day.
25.08.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Long before the rivalry between Curry and Lebron, between Chicago and New York, between Magic and Bird, there was that between Chamberlain and Russell !
On one side was Wilt Chamberlain, one of the greatest scorers, and on the other was Bill Russell, one of the greatest defenders! 🏀
60 years ago 📆
Bill Russell signs the biggest contract in NBA history, worth one dollar more than his rival and lifelong friend Wilt Chamberlain 💵
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Happy 60th Birthday Reggie Miller 🎂
Reggie Miller driving to the net as Washington State players try to block during game in 1985
📸 : Rosemary Kaul
Happy 59th Birthday Rick ‘The Dunking Dutchman’ Smits 🎂
1988 NBA draft grades with Rony Seikaly, @rexchapman.bsky.social , Mark Bryant, Will Perdue, Rick Smits, Charles Smith, Chris Morris, Dan Majerle, Rod Strickland, Steve Kerr & Vernon Maxwell
Happy Birthday in heaven Kobe ‘Bean’ Bryant 🎂
📸 : Jesse D. Garrabrant
This is an article I contributed to in French about Gil Heron Sr. “The black arrow” Gil Scott-Heron’s father and Celtics 1st Black player
19.08.2025 20:55 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
33 years ago, the BEST small forward ever retired!
To celebrate, here are a few photos of Larry Bird playing basketball with youth
Don't forget to follow @honestlarry.bsky.social to find out all about The Hick from French Lick and Basketball History ✅
📸 : IUPUI
Julius Erving’s special olympics commercial
17.08.2025 17:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Heaven Birthday George ‘The Magnificent’ McGinnis 🎂
12.08.2025 14:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In the 1967 NIT Championship Game, Southern Illinois defeated Marquette 71–56 !
The tournament MVP was a certain :
WALT FRAZIER 🏆
📽️ : NBA Rare Footage
