Yardbarker: Dennis Johnson

On This Day in Celtics History

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:36:37 -0500

Well, the Celtics are out of the playoffs and healing up so they can take back their title next season. Larry Bird's Celtics won in 1984 and then skipped a year to win in 1986. I expect this group to come back hungry and ready to bring home #18 next season. Speaking of Bird's Celtics. It was May 27, 1987 that one of my favorite plays ever took place. In Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons, with six seconds remaining in the fourth quarter and with B...

Last Day For The NFL Network On Comcast

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:49:19 -0500

So it doesn't appear as if this whole mess is getting solved within a day (or ever), so you might want to watch the last day of NFL Network on Comcast. Comcast has even been running a banner across the screen stating that fact, and the Philly Inquirer has even more quotes from this blame game....Football fans who subscribe to Comcast Corp.'s extra-cost sports package seem likely to lose one of their favorite viewing choices at 11:59 tonight - the 24-hour NFL Network.The two organizati...

PFST: Walter Davis and Dennis Johnson advance to regional final

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:40:46 -0500

Walter Davis and Dennis Johnson will faceoff in the final of the Cotton Express region. The number 1 seed Walter Davis defeated the 4 seed Tom Chambers to advance to the final. Davis earned 56% of the fan vote. Dennis Johnson had an easier road to the final than Walter Davis. The number 3 seed Johnson [...]

PFST: Dick Van Arsdale and DJ advance

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:53:08 -0500

Dick Van Arsdale and Dennis Johnson are advancing to round two of the Phoenix’s Favorite Sun Tourney. The Original Sun Dick Van Arsdale cruised to an easy first round win against the 6 seed Neal Walk with 94% of the vote. Van Arsdale will face Alvan Adams in the second round. Adams defeated Paul Silas [...]

Phoenix’s Favorite Sun Round 1: Johnson Vs. Robinson

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:34:27 -0500

It’s time for the first round of the Phoenix’s Favorite Sun Tourney (If you have no clue what we are talking about click here). Here is the third match up from the “Cotton Express” Region (For the entire Bracket Click Here). #3 Dennis Johnson vs. #6 Truck Robinson Dennis Johnson: DJ came to the Suns in 1980 [...]

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Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:25:00 -0500

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Lakers Are a Good Example of the Difference Between Talent and Depth

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:54:16 -0500

The L.A. Lakers are considered to be perhaps the deepest and most talented team in the NBA. They are certainly a deep team in terms of having 10 players who can competently play at least 10 mpg if necessary but that is not at all the same thing as being the most talented team. A perfect example of the difference between being talented and being deep is the 1986 Boston Celtics; coach K.C. Jones rarely used his bench (other than Sixth Man Award winner Bill Walton, a Top 50 player and former MVP) but he had tons of talent in his starting lineup: three Top 50, Hall of Fame players (Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish), plus a former Finals MVP who should be in the Hall of Fame (Dennis Johnson) and a future All-Star guard (Danny Ainge).

Check out my newest ProBasketballNews.com article for an in depth look at the difference between talent and depth and a comparison of how the Lakers stack up in both categories compared to some of the greatest teams in NBA history: Difference Between Talent and Depth (visit the original post at 20 Second Timeout in order to use the clickable link to the PBN story).

Remembering Red

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:20:42 -0500

September 20, 2008 have been Red Auerbach's 91st Birthday and is a good time for the Celtics Nation to pause and remember patriarch of the Celtics franchise. Red once said: "The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life." Red was a member of the National Basketball Association since its formation in 1946 and was with the Celtics since 1950. For him, the Celtics truly were a way of life. When the Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship, it marked th...

Memorable Moments and Milestones in Sonics' History

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:03:55 -0500

As a Cleveland Browns fan who lost his team in 1995 and had to endure three years in NFL exile followed by nearly a decade of on field ineptitude, I have great empathy for Seattle SuperSonics' fans. Here is a look back at some key moments from each of the 41 seasons of Sonics' basketball: 1967-68: The Sonics posted a 23-59 record in their first season, finishing fifth in the six team Western Division; the San Diego Rockets, also an expansion team, went 15-67. Walt Hazzard--a 6-2 guard...

Memorable Moments and Milestones in Sonics' History

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:49:44 -0500

Will the NBA Right a Wrong?

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:44:12 -0500

One of the finalists for this year's Hall of Fame induction is Dennis Johnson. It has always seemed a disgrace to me that DJ wasn't inducted into the Hall of Fame when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. Joe Dumars were elected to the Hall and I would say that DJ deserved it just as much, or even more so. The evidence was clearly there to prove that he was worthy of being in the Hall of Fame. In 1,100 games, Johnson scored 15,535 points, grabbed 4,249 rebounds and handed out ...

Someone Call Up "The Chief"

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:01:59 -0500

If I went on a mission to round up the Celtics team from exactly 20 years ago- Dennis Johnson, Danny Ainge, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish- would they be able to win one game out of 14? Because the current Celtics team hasn't been able to.