John Havlicek, R.I.P.

As you get older, you see an increasing number of people you felt you knew, liked and were comfortable with pass on. Unfortunately, another one of those persons has passed away.

John Havlicek has died.

And there goes part of your youth if you grew up in New England watching the Celtics in the 1960s and ’70s.

Havlicek scored more points than any other Celtic in history. That’s right. More than Larry Bird or Paul Pierce. He was the connecting tissue between Celtic dynasties. His rookie year was Bob Cousy’s final season (1962-63), and he retired just months before Red Auerbach drafted Bird out of Indiana State (1978).

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