Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the rafters of Boston Garden, high above the hardwood parquet floor, hang two huge green-and-white banners bearing the retired jersey numbers of Boston Celtics who are basketball immortals: Bob Cousy's No. 14, Tommy Heinsohn's No. 15, Bill Russell's No. 6. Flanking the banners are 13 championship pennants signifying N.B.A. titles in nearly half of the league's 32 seasons. It is the gallery of a dynasty, the pantheon of Celtic pride. But this year only the memories are alive. The Celtics are floundering through their worst season since 1949-50 (22 wins, 46 defeats...
...pros spurted during the bidding war for talent between the N.B.A. and the American Basketball Association, which was absorbed by the older league in 1976. Agents negotiated longterm, no-cut contracts, and even so-so players got $200,000 or more a year. Admits Detroit's Center Bob Lanier, a team player himself: "Most people, and I'm one of them, get paid by the statistics they produce. A lot of guys have inflated values of their worth." In Boston, the egos got so big that the players forced the retirement of Coach Heinsohn in midseason. Says Celtic Vice President...
Irion also has plans to spend this semester working on an independent study project with teammate Bob Hooft and Kirkland House senior Tony Smith entitled "golf course architecture and management." Irion is handling the economic aspects of the project while Hooft, who is a VES major, is designing a model course...
...Crimson played last night's game with a full deck, for in addition to Hughes's presence, the Harvard corps was solidly fortified with the presence of captain Bryan Cook, Murray Dea and Bob McDonald, all of whom had suffered injuries earlier in the season...
...Bob McDonald--he of the once-sore elbow--saw ample action on the Harvard power play, and on a regular line shift, centering Randy Millen and Phil Evans. McDonald appears healthy, strong and has not lost his ability to stickhandle with utter finesse and skill...