Comments on Red and Black

It is interesting that the Celtics led the way with black players, something I did not know, because by the 80's, when the league was majority black, the Celtics were quite white. Ainge, McCale, Bird, etc.

Wouldn't it have been freaky if Kerner was carrying a concealed weapon, and shot "Red" in self-defense?! That would have been an extra double Freak Show!

All those European and South American teams that now regularly kick the crap out of team USA look like they’ve watched a lot of film of those great Celtic teams: all five players pass well and constantly move—a rarity in the NBA these days, where everyone sits around and waits for the point guard to do a crossover dribble and get it started.

Red HATED the flashy rival ABA league. In an HBO documentary nearly 20 years after the ABA's final game, Red was sitting there with his cigar snidely saying, "Screw em. Let em rot."