Not one but three Havliceks are on the court for Florida’s Benjamin School

A Havlicek playing basketball again? At Palm Beach Garden’s Benjamin School, three in fact are following in the footsteps of their famous grandfather.

A Havlicek playing basketball again? At Palm Beach Garden’s Benjamin School, three in fact are following in the footsteps of their famous grandfather, the eight-time NBA champion and 13-time All-Star with the Boston Celtics.

The trio of John Havlicek’s grandchildren are playing for the East Coast Florida school’s Bucs, with his namesake Johnny Havlicek a sophomore, and cousins Drew and Logan Buchanan a junior and a freshman, respectively, per recent reporting from ABC WPBF 25’s Yianni Kourakis. Per Johnny, his grandfather and family took a hands-off approach to the sport, yet the trio of cousins fell headlong into it just the same.

“I don’t think we were forced to,” he said. “I think we chose to play basketball.”