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Last MVP. Joker. Best passing big man in the history of the NBA. Currently the best big in the NBA by a good margin.

Nikola Jokic. Drafted in 14.
 
John Havlicek (drafted in '62)

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Revolutionized the game. Bill Russell said he was the best all-around player he ever saw. He practically invented the sixth man (he probably would've won 6MOY six times of them if the award existed at the time), the point forward, and the do-it-all athletic swingman. What he does most is win. Pure competitor, class, and character; all guts and glory.

-Career: 8x NBA champion, 8x All-Defense, 13x All-Star, '74 Finals MVP, all-time leader of points scored in Celtic history to this day.



-Despite being a little past his peak, the season I'm selecting is '73-'74 where he made 1st Team All-NBA and 1st Team All-Defense, then won finals MVP in a 7-game series victory over the Kareem/Oscar Robertson Bucks. Because this is all about winning.
-22.6 PPG, 5.6 APG, 6.4 RPG, 1.4 SPG

Havlicek was one of the premier athletes of his day, recognized to the extent that the Cleveland Browns drafted him to play wide receiver. He was an elite defensive player, became known as one of the best shooters of his era, a terrific playmaker and passer, and tied it all together with all-time hustle and endurance. That attribute made him a huge threat off the ball as a cutter and slasher. In the book "Hondo: Celtic Man in Motion", it is estimated that he ran 3-5 miles per game which is at or above anything seen in the modern game.



He will be running secondary action from the bench, using his movement off-ball to either get him an easy bucket, or get him a head-start as a playmaker. Imagine something not unlike Hayward.
 
NUMBERICA said:
John Havlicek (drafted in '62)

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Revolutionized the game. Bill Russell said he was the best all-around player he ever saw. He practically invented the sixth man (he probably would've won 6MOY six times of them if the award existed at the time), the point forward, and the do-it-all athletic swingman. What he does most is win. Pure competitor, class, and character; all guts and glory.

-Career: 8x NBA champion, 8x All-Defense, 13x All-Star, '74 Finals MVP, all-time leader of points scored in Celtic history to this day.



-Despite being a little past his peak, the season I'm selecting is '73-'74 where he made 1st Team All-NBA and 1st Team All-Defense, then won finals MVP in a 7-game series victory over the Kareem/Oscar Robertson Bucks. Because this is all about winning.
-22.6 PPG, 5.6 APG, 6.4 RPG, 1.4 SPG

Havlicek was one of the premier athletes of his day, recognized to the extent that the Cleveland Browns drafted him to play wide receiver. He was an elite defensive player, became known as one of the best shooters of his era, a terrific playmaker and passer, and tied it all together with all-time hustle and endurance. That attribute made him a huge threat off the ball as a cutter and slasher. In the book "Hondo: Celtic Man in Motion", it is estimated that he ran 3-5 miles per game which is at or above anything seen in the modern game.



He will be running secondary action from the bench, using his movement off-ball to either get him an easy bucket, or get him a head-start as a playmaker. Imagine something not unlike Hayward.
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Fun vid. To sum it up, no one took bench rolls seriously in those days, starters usually played 45 min. We are soft, holy hell!! So bench players never played, oh and if you were a bench player, that meant you weren’t good Havlicek thought bench rolls were important, he changed all that. So basically Havlicek was the original sixth man.

Havlicek was the original skills sf he was faster than most sf’s and overpowered sg’s


Bob Cousy thought Havlicek would burn out of the league.

Dave Cowinswas pissed that Havlicek didn’t get talked about as much when he was alive as he did in death among the greatest to ever play.

Great video, learned a lot.
 
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