Tom Heinsohn – Page 2 – From Way Downtown

Shawn Bradley: Philly’s Big Gamble, 1993

“Sometimes I think, ‘Man, I’m really jumping in deep,’” said Bradley.

Bob Cousy: Little Mr. Basketball, 1961

Few men have the magnetic ability and personality to lift an audience to heights of great emotion and to bring vitality and excitement into the lives of the onlookers. Bob Cousy is one of those men.

Bob McAdoo: Big Mac Attack, 1976

McAdoo does miss sometimes. But it’s no accident that he is probably the finest shooting big man pro basketball ever has seen.

Dave Cowens: Behind Basketball’s Revolution, 1974

Cowens is a towering Huckleberry Finn in appearance, but he plays basketball like King Kong tearing up the town.

No One Plays It Harder Than Dave Cowens, 1977

Cowens’ defensive brilliance is probably more valuable to the Celtics than his offensive contributions.

Is Pro Basketball Getting Too Rough? 1964

Wilt Chamberlain might object to this observation, but a lot of the excitement and color of pro basketball lies in the bruising body contact between big men in action.

Scowling Sidney Wicks Will Smile . . . When He Wins, 1977

Wicks was seething. He resented the implication that he hadn’t performed adequately since joining the Celtics early in the exhibition season.

Bob Pettit: So Steady He’s Overlooked, 1964

“Bobby has the greatest desire of any athlete who ever lived,” says Marty Blake, general manager of the Hawks. “It is remarkable St. Louis should have had two such athletic heroes as Stan Musial and Pettit cut out of the same mould.”