In case you forgot...

...Larry Bird is the man:

"He had earned close to $30 million in salary alone in his thirteen years with the Celtics, including $7.07 million in his final year. Had he merely shown up and played in sixty games in the 1992-1993 season, he would have made another $8 million. But he couldn't do it. In fact, he had deliberately backdated his retirement letter for the 1992-1993 season on August 15. He was raised to work ffor his money, an admirable quality that never deserted him." - Peter May on Larry Bird's retirement in The Big Three.

- Any time I read something about what the Celtics organization used to be I get upset for thinking things like, "Hey the team is 7-13, one game out of first. Sweet." I'll feel the same way when the New England Patriots are getting shut out 21-0 in the year 2015 and their dynasty is just a memory.