{"id":16170,"date":"2018-08-20T02:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/?page_id=16170"},"modified":"2020-03-29T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T01:43:10","slug":"the-bird-era-1979-1992","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-bird-era-1979-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bird Era (1979-1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-v6pfwq-c030bf4b2d3136fc653be36180cfc42e\">\n.flex_column.av-v6pfwq-c030bf4b2d3136fc653be36180cfc42e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-v6pfwq-c030bf4b2d3136fc653be36180cfc42e av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><div  class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  av-blog-meta-author-disabled av-blog-meta-comments-disabled av-blog-meta-category-disabled av-blog-meta-date-disabled av-blog-meta-html-info-disabled av-blog-meta-tag-disabled '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16706 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-16706 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-larry-bird\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Larry Bird Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-larry-bird-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Larry Bird Interview\">The Larry Bird Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-larry-bird-interview\/\"  title=\"Larry_Bird\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Larry_Bird.png\" class=\"wp-image-16708 avia-img-lazy-loading-16708 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Larry_Bird.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Larry_Bird-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Larry_Bird-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written\u00a0By:\u00a0\u00a0Michael\u00a0D.\u00a0McClellan | So much has been written about Larry Bird, and yet the private superstar prefers to operate far from the spotlight. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Larry to discuss his brilliant career, but, because of his affinity for privacy, wanted to keep the on-the-record dialog short-and-sweet. Larry appreciated that greatly. Off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-larry-bird-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Larry_Bird.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-10-07T23:15:39+00:00\" >2019-10-07 23:15:39<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2021-01-01 17:16:27<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Larry Bird Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16710 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-16710 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-conner-henry\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Conner Henry Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-conner-henry-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Conner Henry Interview\">The Conner Henry Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-conner-henry-interview\/\"  title=\"Conner_Henry\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Conner_Henry.png\" class=\"wp-image-16711 avia-img-lazy-loading-16711 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Conner_Henry.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Conner_Henry-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Conner_Henry-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written\u00a0By:\u00a0\u00a0Michael\u00a0D.\u00a0McClellan\u00a0| Imagine doing something so well that you are granted membership into one of the world\u2019s most exclusive fraternities, where only one in every 10,000 is selected to perform before an audience of millions.&nbsp; Now imagine yourself sharing the stage with the preeminent talent in your chosen profession, at a time when history unfolds before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-conner-henry-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Conner_Henry.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2018-12-26T03:04:33+00:00\" >2018-12-26 03:04:33<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:04:50<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Conner Henry Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16638 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-16638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-dee-brown\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Dee Brown Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/dark-days\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dark Days (1993-2007)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-dee-brown-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Dee Brown Interview\">The Dee Brown Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-dee-brown-interview\/\"  title=\"Dee_Brown\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown.png\" class=\"wp-image-16639 avia-img-lazy-loading-16639 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written&nbsp;By:&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;D.&nbsp;McClellan | It\u2019s the same everywhere he goes. Not a day passes that Dee Brown isn\u2019t asked about The Dunk, a spontaneous act of showmanship that makes him famous, draws Michael Jordan\u2019s ire, and brings urban sneaker culture one step closer to the mainstream. Mistaken for Shawn Kemp\u2019s little brother during the 1991 NBA Slam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-dee-brown-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2018-12-23T23:25:18+00:00\" >2018-12-23 23:25:18<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:32:54<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Dee Brown Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-8015 post-loop-4 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-8015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-sam-vincent\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Sam Vincent Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-sam-vincent-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Sam Vincent Interview\">The Sam Vincent Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-sam-vincent-interview\/\"  title=\"Sam_Vincent\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sam_Vincent.png\" class=\"wp-image-16524 avia-img-lazy-loading-16524 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sam_Vincent.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sam_Vincent-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sam_Vincent-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written By: Michael D. McClellan |&nbsp;&nbsp;He grew up with a basketball in his hands, idolizing his older brother while forging a remarkable legacy of his own, and hoping that one day he, too, would don an NBA uniform and complete against the best athletes in the world.&nbsp; The spotlight certainly did not intimidate \u2013 how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-sam-vincent-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sam_Vincent.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2018-12-22T03:20:21+00:00\" >2018-12-22 03:20:21<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-22 21:32:18<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Sam Vincent Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16701 post-loop-5 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-16701 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-celtics-dynasty category-featured-interview category-team-green category-bird-era tag-red-auerbach\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Red Auerbach Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/celtics-dynasty\/\" rel=\"tag\">Celtics Dynasty (1957-1969)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/team-green\/\" rel=\"tag\">Team Green (1970-1979)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-red-auerbach-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Red Auerbach Interview\">The Red Auerbach Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-red-auerbach-interview\/\"  title=\"Red_Auerbach\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Red_Auerbach.png\" class=\"wp-image-16702 avia-img-lazy-loading-16702 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Red_Auerbach.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Red_Auerbach-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Red_Auerbach-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written\u00a0By:\u00a0\u00a0Michael\u00a0D.\u00a0McClellan | Red Auerbach is only weeks removed from his 85th birthday, and the cigar-smoking patriarch of the Boston Celtics is as sharp\u2014in mind and tongue\u2014as ever. He answers the telephone, listening silently in a way that reminds me of Marlon Brando\u2019s character in The Godfather, a comparison that doesn\u2019t seem far from the truth. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-red-auerbach-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Red_Auerbach.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2018-12-15T17:36:26+00:00\" >2018-12-15 17:36:26<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-25 17:36:48<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Red Auerbach Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16478 post-loop-6 post-parity-even post-entry-last single-big with-slider post-16478 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured-interview category-team-green category-bird-era tag-cedric-maxwell\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The Cedric Maxwell Interview\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/featured-interview\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/team-green\/\" rel=\"tag\">Team Green (1970-1979)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/category\/bird-era\/\" rel=\"tag\">The Bird Era (1979-1992)<\/a><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-cedric-maxwell-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Cedric Maxwell Interview\">The Cedric Maxwell Interview<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-cedric-maxwell-interview\/\"  title=\"Cedric_Maxwell\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cedric_Maxwell.png\" class=\"wp-image-16479 avia-img-lazy-loading-16479 attachment-no scaling size-no scaling wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cedric_Maxwell.png 600w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cedric_Maxwell-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cedric_Maxwell-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By: Michael D. McClellan |&nbsp;The man known as \u201cCornbread\u201d arrives as the Celtics bottom out, the organization\u2019s future as cloudy as a room filled with Red Auerbach\u2019s cigar smoke. After decades of acquiring talented, high-character players who put the team\u2019s goals ahead of their own, Boston is suddenly a breeding ground for malcontents and me-first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-cedric-maxwell-interview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewBox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cedric_Maxwell.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>400<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>600<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/celtics-clover-logo2.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Michael McClellan<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2018-12-13T23:08:14+00:00\" >2018-12-13 23:08:14<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-13 23:09:42<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Cedric Maxwell Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><div class='single-big'><nav class='pagination'><span class='pagination-meta'>Page 1 of 4<\/span><span class='current'>1<\/span><a href='https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16170\/page\/2\/' class='inactive next_page' >2<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16170\/page\/3\/' class='inactive' >3<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16170\/page\/4\/' class='inactive' >4<\/a><\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}