Dennis Johnson RIP
Lance on Feb 24 2007 at 7:15 am | Filed under: Lance's Page, Sports
I was a huge Celtics fan growing up, and really stayed one until I moved to Fort Worth where I became as addicted to the Mavericks as I once was to the Celtics. The great, and under appreciated, Dennis Johnson has now passed on. I still remember him from his first two years in the league, leading the Seattle Supersonics to the NBA title. A terror as a defensive player, a tremendous shot blocker as a 6′4″ guard with a vertical leap that was more astonishing than any player in that era except David Thompson. That however was only the start. Bill Simmons has a superb tribute that gets to the heart of what made him so great. Read the whole thing.
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