Today's NBA is dominated by the 3-point shot. Teams can sometimes take many as 50 shots from the arc in one game. This is why former Boston Celtics center Robert Parish has perhaps one of the most "unbreakable" records in league history.
When one plays at a high level for more than 20 seasons, they are probably going to make history and break records until they retire. The public is starting to become numb to LeBron James’ milestones, as he collects one after another in the final years of his all-time great NBA career.
Robert Parish won multiple championships with Larry Bird in Boston. The legendary center was there when Larry Legend became the first player since Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to win three straight NBA MVP awards.
Every die-hard Boston Celtics fan who knows the history of the storied franchise knew who Robert Parish was. Some may credit Larry Bird, Kevin McHale or Dennis Johnson for the Celtics' success in the '80s but even those legendary players would admit "The Chief" was the driving force of the team.
Robert Parish is in a select club because not many people ever did this For 20 years, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Skyhook was the most unstoppable offensive weapon in the NBA.
It’s not every day that one trade can be the start of an era. Even so, that doesn’t mean it’s never happened. Back in 1980, the Boston Celtics made a trade that netted them Robert Parish from the Golden State Warriors and Kevin McHale through the draft.
Robert Parish was given the nickname the Chief after the character Chief from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest because of his stoic and calm nature.
Boston is one of the glamour franchises in the NBA and have been racking up titles since they came into existence in 1946. We look back at the championship banners they've been able to raise.
As LFO once sang, “The great Larry Bird jersey number 33.” There have been many accolades for the man they call Larry Legend that go beyond being name dropped by the fourth or five most popular boy band of the turn of the millennium.
Being a professional athlete is hard. That’s not a bold statement. However, it’s even more difficult to play into your late 30s, and sticking around in the pros into your 40s, if you aren’t a bowler or a golfer, is a truly rare feat.
When you think of the NBA, the Boston Celtics are one of the first teams that will come to mind. They are one half of the greatest rivalry the sport has ever known, and they have been winning titles ever since the earliest days of the league.