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The College of the Holy Cross will officially dedicate the court at the Hart Center Arena at the Luth Athletic Complex in honor of one of the most iconic individuals in Holy Cross and basketball history: Bob Cousy. Beginning later this season — as the College celebrates the 125th anniversary of men's basketball at Holy Cross — the court will be permanently known as Bob Cousy '50 Court, thanks to a generous gift made in Cousy's honor.

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HoopsHype: Nikola Jokic passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in assists and Bob Cousy in scoring last night. Also: KD has a lot of blocks.

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Grousbeck and other executives were relieved that Chisholm’s passion for the team appeared authentic. He told a story about the 1980s broadcast crew of Bob Cousy and Gil Santos. He said how Leon Powe, a role player on the 2008 title team, was his favorite Celtic ever. “This wasn’t what I wanted to do at all, sell the team,” Wyc Grousbeck said. “But if we’re going to sell it, I knew at the first meeting that selling to Bill would be a fantastic outcome.”

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Jorge Sierra: Were you wondering if Devin Booker had finally passed Bob Cousy in scoring? Well, he did last night and is now No. 107 in NBA history. Also: Nikola Jokic moved ahead of Klay Thompson for No. 111.

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Can Jaylen Brown carry the Celtics while Jayson Tatum (Achilles’) is on the shelf this season? “In my judgment, Jaylen is not quite at the superstar level that Tatum is at,” Bob Cousy said. ”Can he carry the load by himself? I see a major rebuilding effort here. Jaylen certainly won’t bring them to the promised land . . . [Derrick] White’s a good player and he’ll produce and he’ll be consistent, but his game doesn’t lend itself to carrying a team. This poor new owner [Bill Chisholm] must be shell-shocked. The minute he signed on the dotted line, the poop started to hit the fan. Everything that could go wrong for that franchise pretty much did. I hope he’s not having buyer’s remorse. I think he’s snakebit."

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“You have to be there to have a sense of what’s going on, and I’m not,” he starts. “I get the impression that [coach Joe] Mazzulla did a good job and had their attention. But in the playoffs, in my experience, the best team wins. There are upsets occasionally, but I have no understanding of how the Celtics could collapse, especially against the [expletive] Knicks. As the Knicks proved in the next round, they were not a legitimate contender." Many of us blamed the loss on Boston’s overreliance on 3-point shooting. “I like the three as a weapon, but not as the first [expletive] option,” Cousy says. “It’s always going to be there for you. It’s not something you have to create. You’re going to have it when you want it. So why eliminate the other options?"

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Bill Cartwright: When I came to the league, uh, who are the guys that I admired? I'm playing against Wes Unseld. I'm playing against Dan Issel. Here's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Here's Jack Sikma. My second game I played against Julius Erving. And by the way, I blocked his shot. I couldn't believe I blocked his shot. So when I came to the league, those guys were my heroes. So now I come to Chicago, it's like what… People are like, "What was it like to play against Mike?" And I'm like, “He was a good young player." So to me, my heroes are the guys that I played and saw when I was a kid. Rest of you guys are just young kids. You guys are young kids. I couldn't be enamored by you young kids. Because I saw John Havlicek play, right? Bob Cousy. I met Bill Russell when I was in high school. So I was supposed to be impressed by these young guys? Get out of here. My heroes are behind me. 

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Josh Lewenberg: Players to win MVP and an NBA championship in the same season: Steph, LeBron (x2), Duncan, Shaq, Jordan (x4), Hakeem, Magic, Bird (x2), Moses Malone, Kareem (x2), Willis Reed, Wilt, Bill Russell (x4), Bob Cousy Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 4 wins away from joining that group.

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Bob Cousy usually only leaves his house for his regular Thursday night cocktail and pizza party at his country club. "I have my two Beefeater on the rocks," he said with a laugh. He and Sanders talk about once a month. "Satch is having hard times," Cousy said with love in his voice. "His wife has been in hospice for over a month, month and a half now. Ginnie is about ready to leave us. I haven't spoken to him now in a few weeks. I remind him not to look over his shoulder. We're the only two freaking guys left!"

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Mostly, as you can tell, they joke about death. Gallows humor. Cousy references the big basketball court in the sky. The death watch is respectfully quiet but alive. In Marcus Thompson II's 2021 book about the NBA's best dynasties, he smartly clocked the coming run of state funerals. "What was evident then," he wrote, "was how the grains of sand in their hourglasses were dwindling." "You're not going anyplace," Satch told his friend last year. "You're only 95." "But I'm in a wheelchair now," Cousy said. "Cooz, that happens."

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Jorge Sierra: Russell Westbrook passed Kevin Johnson and Bob Cousy in playoffs assists for No. 19 in NBA history. He also moved ahead of Andre Iguodala and Gary Payton in steals for No. 27... and Clyde Drexler in scoring for No. 32. Big night for Russ.

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Jorge Sierra: Rudy Gobert moved ahead of Kevin McHale in blocks last night. He's No. 31 all-time now. Also: Bradley Beal passed Bob Cousy in scoring for No. 105 in NBA history. Devin Booker moved past Jeff Hornacek and Antoine Walker for No. 134.

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“Bob Cousy NBA champion” has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Cousy, 96, played for the first six of the Celtics’ record 18 NBA championships, but the team didn’t give out rings back then. So even though he hasn’t played for the Celtics in more than 60 years, he was thrilled when the team presented him with a 2024 NBA championship ring on Monday. “I suppose it gives me late in life kind of bragging rights to this legacy that I helped start,” Cousy said.

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John Karalis: Bob Cousy in the house pic.x.com/F000Ri5UgT

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