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This was so good by Wright Thompson. So good.

Russell spoke so clearly once about the toxic influence of Cousy's ghost. Nothing about past dynasties helps future dynasties. Cousy and Russ handed a boulder to Hondo and Jo Jo, who added weight and handed it to Bird and McHale, who added weight and handed it to Pierce and KG, who added weight and handed it to Tatum and Brown. The vocabulary of sediment applies here, a basketball lithification, subsuming mighty individuals into an alluvial collective. Basic physics tells us that continuing to add to something, even if just a tiny layer at a time, will one day bring the whole monument tumbling down under its own weight. The greatest threat to the Celtics' tradition might be the Celtics' tradition itself.

Gant wrote:Here's a very long, and exceptional article on ESPN.com by Wright Thompson covering the emotional backdrop of the Celtics from Cousy all the way through the Tatum injury.

The Boston Celtics and the price of history


https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45148831/boston-celtics-nba-price-history



via KeithSmith

This was so good by Wright Thompson. So good.

https://bsky.app/profile/keithsmithnba.bsky.social/post/3lpaxq47zmk2u

Russell spoke so clearly once about the toxic influence of Cousy's ghost. Nothing about past dynasties helps future dynasties. Cousy and Russ handed a boulder to Hondo and Jo Jo, who added weight and handed it to Bird and McHale, who added weight and handed it to Pierce and KG, who added weight and handed it to Tatum and Brown. The vocabulary of sediment applies here, a basketball lithification, subsuming mighty individuals into an alluvial collective. Basic physics tells us that continuing to add to something, even if just a tiny layer at a time, will one day bring the whole monument tumbling down under its own weight. The greatest threat to the Celtics' tradition might be the Celtics' tradition itself.

redslastlaugh wrote:wow, that's a long article
not gonna be able to finish this one on the pot
gonna hafta break it up, lol