Wicks was seething. He resented the implication that he hadn’t performed adequately since joining the Celtics early in the exhibition season.
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John Havlicek: A Study in Stamina, 1975
“The Celtics, new and old, are very different,” says Havlicek. “The difference isn’t only because of Bill Russell. They are just different kinds of players.”
Pistol Pete’s Last Shot
Now Maravich arrives at the moment Bird ascends. A star is born; a star descends.
Russ Meets Wilt, October 14, 1959
This is the saga of the $81,000 needed to refurbish the Minneapolis Armory to make it into a major league basketball playing site.
Wilt vs. Russell: The Rivalry Begins
When Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain was unveiled last summer against a backdrop of the NBA stars against whom the seven-footer will play this winter, only one word described him: Fantastic.
From Way Downtown 