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This Day in Celtics History: #33 goes up in the rafters

Related Topics: Michael Jordan, Rafter, Larry Bird, Foot

"Once your name goes up in the rafters, thats the ultimate." - Larry Bird

Michael Jordan may have made me jump out of my seat as a kid with is gravity-defying athleticism, but Larry Bird is who made me truly love the game of basketball. The shooting, the no-look passes, the clutch factor, the trash talking, the needing a back brace just to move only to be diving on loose balls hours later, the double-achilles surgery. The beating of the Lakers. I was all in for all of it.

With career averages of 24.