{"id":16718,"date":"2018-12-26T03:38:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T03:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/?page_id=16718"},"modified":"2018-12-26T03:38:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T03:38:29","slug":"dark-days-1993-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/dark-days-1993-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Days (1993-2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_three_fourth-25347b0a799d5b9f7058434b2a9c3182\">\n.flex_column.av-av_three_fourth-25347b0a799d5b9f7058434b2a9c3182{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_three_fourth-25347b0a799d5b9f7058434b2a9c3182 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-16674 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-16674 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview tag-antoine-walker\"  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 Antoine Walker 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><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-antoine-walker-interview-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Antoine Walker Interview\">The Antoine Walker 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-antoine-walker-interview-2\/\"  title=\"Antoine_Walker\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Antoine_Walker-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16644 avia-img-lazy-loading-16644 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Their journey begins with college basketball\u2019s signature program and culminates with a two-year run as part of the NBA\u2019s most-decorated franchise, their brotherhood built on hoops and hip-hop, their friendship sealed with slam dunks and Soul Train. They win a national championship as part of \u201cThe Untouchables,\u201d Rick Pitino\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-antoine-walker-interview-2\/\" 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\/Antoine_Walker.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=\"2018-12-25T05:31:12+00:00\" >2018-12-25 05:31:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:29:20<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Antoine Walker Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-16638 post-loop-2 post-parity-even 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=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Dee_Brown-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16639 avia-img-lazy-loading-16639 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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-16347 post-loop-3 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-16347 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview tag-tony-delk\"  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 Tony Delk 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><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-tony-delk-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Tony Delk Interview\">The Tony Delk 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-tony-delk-interview\/\"  title=\"Tony_Delk\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tony_Delk-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16349 avia-img-lazy-loading-16349 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By: Michael D. McClellan\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0Tony Delk arrived in Boston as part of Rick Pitino&#8217;s UK pipeline, a member of the &#8217;96 Kentucky championship team dubbed &#8220;The Untouchables&#8221; and still regarded as one of the greatest collegiate teams ever.\u00a0 Antoine Walker was on that team.\u00a0 Walter McCarty, too.\u00a0 Ron Mercer.\u00a0 Wayne Turner.\u00a0 All eventually wore a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-tony-delk-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\/10\/Tony_Delk.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=\"2018-10-05T01:06:23+00:00\" >2018-10-05 01:06:23<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:31:39<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Tony Delk Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-9628 post-loop-4 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-9628 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview tag-walter-mccarty\"  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 Walter McCarty 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><\/span><h2 class='post-title entry-title '  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-walter-mccarty-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Walter McCarty Interview\">The Walter McCarty 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-walter-mccarty-interview\/\"  title=\"Walter_McCarty\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Walter_McCarty-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16024 avia-img-lazy-loading-16024 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By: \u00a0Michael D. McClellan |\u00a0The modern day NBA is awash with versatile big men, the kind of players who can score both inside and out, the kind of players who can battle underneath on one possession, and who can step behind the three-point line and knock down a long-distance trey on the next. Dirk Nowitzki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-walter-mccarty-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\/2013\/01\/Walter_McCarty.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=\"2018-10-01T03:03:12+00:00\" >2018-10-01 03:03:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:31:58<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Walter McCarty Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-7982 post-loop-5 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-7982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-kevin-gamble\"  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 Kevin Gamble 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-kevin-gamble-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Kevin Gamble Interview\">The Kevin Gamble 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-kevin-gamble-interview\/\"  title=\"Kevin_Gamble\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Kevin_Gamble-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16302 avia-img-lazy-loading-16302 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By: Michael D. McClellan |\u00a0He played for the Boston Celtics during a period of nervous change, joining the club just as the Big Three was beginning to break down, its parts worn from too many minutes and too little rest, the post-Bias funk settling in like a fog, thick, heavy and unrelenting.\u00a0 He played valiantly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-kevin-gamble-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\/Kevin_Gamble.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=\"2018-09-23T02:57:49+00:00\" >2018-09-23 02:57:49<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:34:52<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The Kevin Gamble Interview<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-8982 post-loop-6 post-parity-even post-entry-last single-big with-slider post-8982 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dark-days category-featured-interview category-bird-era tag-m-l-carr\"  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 M.L. Carr 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-m-l-carr-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The M.L. Carr Interview\">The M.L. Carr 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-m-l-carr-interview\/\"  title=\"ML_Carr2\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ML_Carr2-600x321.png\" class=\"wp-image-16205 avia-img-lazy-loading-16205 attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>By:\u00a0 Michael D. McClellan\u00a0|\u00a0To a generation of Boston Celtics fans, M.L. Carr was the towel-waving agitator best remembered\u00a0for antagonizing Lakers players and fans alike during that epic 1984 NBA Finals.\u00a0 To another generation of fans, Carr was the Celtics\u2019 coach and general manager during some of the darkest days in franchise history, overseeing one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtic-nation.com\/blog\/the-m-l-carr-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\/ML_Carr2.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=\"2018-09-03T08:00:37+00:00\" >2018-09-03 08:00:37<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2018-12-26 03:32:13<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>The M.L. 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