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[QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 1652451, member: 9"]
I'm younger than you and grew up watching the NBA starting with the 1969 Knicks and was a big Bill Bradley fan.   I knew Bradley was a territorial selection so I assumed that Cousy and Heinsohn were territorial selections as well.  It turns out that just Heinsohn was.  Many people have no idea that there was such a thing as a territorial pick.  I believe Bradley became a Knick because Princeton was one mile closer to NYC than Philadelphia.
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_territorial_pick[/URL]

I also remember doing a book report on Bill Russell in maybe 5th grade.  I'm not sure if my hatred of all things Boston sports had kicked in yet but knew enough at that time how great a player he was.  I'm sure being a big star in Boston, who happened to be a somewhat outspoken black man, wasn't the easiest thing but he did become coach, and you would know this more than I would,  and I assume the white fans embraced him.  Not an easy thing in the turbulent 60's.
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