The Boston Celtics household mourns one among their very own.
Celtics icon Bill Russell and guard Marcus Smart shared tributes to John Havlicek shortly after the legendary participant died late Thursday night time at age 79. Russell, who performed alongside Havlicek for seven seasons and coached him for components of three, and Smart used Twitter to specific their unhappiness over the information.
Havlicek spent his total 16-year NBA profession with the Celtics between 1962 and 1978. He helped the Celtics win eight NBA championships, was a 13-time All-Star and is the group’s all-time chief in video games and minutes performed and factors scored.
Other Celtics previous and current virtually certainly will observe Russell and Smart in sharing public tributes to Havlicek. Younger followers most likely will do the identical upon studying how nice a participant and man Havlicek was.
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