I meant to include this in my playoff thoughts, but I forgot. If you don't listen to Bill Simmons's podcast, he had an interview last Friday with Kevin McHale that was awesome. (You can listen to it here, which, if you really love me, you will do RIGHT NOW.) The Rick Mahorn story is worth it alone (although I can feel bad about laughing at Mahorn's expense considering his recent troubles), but McHale also describes Bill Laimbeer as a guy you couldn't see get hit enough, which is great. I came away with two major lessons from the interview: 1.) McHale probably kept his job in Minnesota for so long because he is just about the nicest guy ever; and 2.) the 1980s Boston Celtics liked to drink beer and fight almost as much as they liked to play basketball. If, after listening to the interview, you still don't believe McHale is great, then watch this:
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