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‘In the 90s, there was a tougher game’ with ‘less whistling’, says Boston Celtics HoFer Dino Radja

He also thinks Michael Jordan would have dominated this era even more.

Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Dino Radja has been known to say some fairly bold things over the years, such as the time he famously said that he would vomit when people tried to suggest that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James could possibly be the greatest player of all time.

And when it comes to how the game is being played this season, you might think he is a fan given how much less there are referee whistles being blown, but the former Celtic remains steadfast in his assessment of the NBA of today being a gentler, kinder product.

“The games seem like an All-Star Game,” said Radja in a recent interview with Marca’s Joan Solsona (translated by Eurohoops’ Antonis Stroggylakis).

On this day: Radja, Johnson, Brown drafted; Dennis Johnson traded for

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Dino Radja, Joe Johnson and Dee Brown; they also traded for Dennis Johnson.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the 2001 NBA draft was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, and the Celtics took three players of note in the draft.

The first of the three was small forward Joe Johnson, taken with the 10th overall pick out of the University of Arkansas. The Little Rock native only had one incomplete season with the Celtics. He played in 48 total games and recorded an average of 6.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game, shooting 43% overall from the field in that stretch with the team.

In February of his inaugural season in the league, he would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers.

On this day: Radja waived; O’Bryant signed; Mihm born

On this day, the Boston Celtics waived Dino Radja, signed Patrick O’Bryant, and former Boston big Chris Mihm was born.

On this day in 1997, the Boston Celtics waived Croatian big man Dino Radja to make way for new head coach and team president Rick Pitino’s vision for the team.

Radja had been with the Celtics for four seasons after being drafted 40th overall by Boston in the 1989 NBA Draft.

He had to wait to join the team, however, as his Yugoslavian team Jugoplastika fought in court to keep his rights to the end of his contract with them, followed by a stint with an Italian team.

He would finally join the Celtics in July of 1993, but the injuries sustained towards the end of his first deal with Boston and the incoming new regime spelled the end of his time in Boston.

Over those four seasons with the Celtics, he averaged averaged 16.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

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