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Why Derrick White and Jrue Holiday both remind me of Dennis Johnson

Dennis Johnson was my favorite non-Larry Celtic when I was growing up on the mean basketball courts of Bath, Maine.

Had the DJ caricature T-shirt from TJ Maxx and everything. NBA caricature shirts were the pinnacle of 1980s fashion and should be back in style any day now. Pretty sure I read that in Vogue.

As any Celtics fan with a sense of history knows, DJ also happened to be Larry’s favorite non-Larry Celtic. Bird revealed this during an interview with Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn during the Celtics’ visit to Los Angeles in February 1985.