Summer Reading Recommendations

As we plunge into the off season, there isn't a lot of Celtics news and probably won't be until after the playoffs are over. Then we will get into the draft, summer league, and free agency. But for now, there is plenty of time to settle in with a good book and I'd like to recommend some that I have read and enjoyed. LET ME TELL YOU A STORY by Red Auerbach and John Feinstein, Little, Brown and Company; 2004. In more than 50 years with the green and gold, Auerbach collected countless friends, admirers and stories. Now 86, he’s forgotten nothing and has an opinion on everything. These great storytellers make this book so effortless to read that you can almost hear Red reciting each line and smell him lighting up that famous cigar.DYNASTY’S END – Bill Russell and the 1968-69 World Champion Boston Celtics by Thomas J. Whelan, Northeastern University Press; 2004. Thomas J. Whalen chronicles Russell's memorable last season and the Celtics' dazzling triumph. Set again...