Sports | November 13, 2007 | 21 comments

Cast Your Vote for the NBA All Red Head Team

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Witness the graceful majesty with which this red-headed warrior, my comrade-in-arms, my fellow testa-rossa sacrifices his body to impede Shelden Williams? ham handed attempt at a shot.

Witness and you shall see that above all else, his love for the game, his love for life shines through in his play night after night.

Va benne Brian Scalabrine, bless us with your inspired dance. You ARE one of the all time greats in this league; NAY, this world.
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    • Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was a highly successful and influential basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. In the closing stages of his career, he worked as a front office executive and president of the Celtics until his death.

      As a coach, Red won 938 games, a record at his retirement, and won nine titles with the Celtics, a record shared with Phil Jackson.

      Winning an additional seven titles as the Celtics general manager and team president, he won 16 National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in a span of 29 years, making him one of the most successful officials ever in North American professional sports.

      Beyond trophies, Auerbach is remembered as a pioneer of modern basketball, redefining basketball as a game dominated by team play and tough defense rather than individual feats and high scoring and introducing the fastbreak as a potent offensive weapon. Nevertheless, he groomed many players who went on to be inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame but more importantly, Auerbach was vital in breaking down color barriers in the NBA. He made history by drafting the first African-American NBA player in Chuck Cooper (1950), and introduced the first fully black starting five in 1964.

      Famous for his polarizing nature, he was also well-known for smoking victory cigars when he thought a game was decided, a habit that became cult in Boston.

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    • this discussion is over with. This is not the best photo of the Red Menace, but this clearly falls into the "corpse (but not shot-blocking)" topic tag listed above.

    • 4 years ago
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