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Bucklion: "Hondo had more to do with building the Celtic mystique than anyone"
Whoa! Slow down there, 'Lion. This sentence is uncategorically FALSE! And by a mile: the two men who had the most to do with Celtic Mystique and Pride are Red Auerbach and Bill Russell.
Don't get me wrong, I love Hondo, but Russell won them 11 of their 16 Championships. He's the only guy in the team picture on their first Championship in '57 AND on their last dynasty championship in '69. He started them winning, the entire team was turned over (except for him), and they kept winning.
Without, Russell, the Celtics are an above average NBA team, historically. BECAUSE of Russell, they're the greatest franchise in the history of the sport.
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