Boston.com · May 5, 2020
Remembering Celtic Derek Smith, an unlikely sidekick lost to injuries and time
Derek Smith, shown making his Celtics debut in April 1991.There’s a lot of joy to be found in the refreshing of sports memories.
Sure, we remember the feats of Larry Bird as vividly as possible for an athlete who played his last NBA game 28 years ago. YouTube clips can dish out an assist whenever Larry’s legend might dare begin to fade.
Larry, he will forever stay familiar in our minds. But re-watching all of these classic Celtics games in the absence of live sports right now restores more color and context to what we already remember or know to look up.
It’s a delight to see Bird’s virtuoso shot-making and geometric-genius passing again as the details of an old game unfold.