When I woke up in Brooklyn on the morning of June 9, 1978, all I had planned to do was go to work. I didn’t know I’d also end up going to the NBA Draft.
I also wasn’t aware that the Celtics would be drafting Larry Bird that day.
The last thing I didn’t know: I was about to become the first Celtics fan in the world to know who the Celtics picked. But that’s exactly what happened, and I swear on Banner 18 that this story is 100% true.