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Boston Celtics legend Robert Parish ultimate career highlights mix

All of Chief’s biggest moments as a Celtic are in this clip.

Younger fans of the Boston Celtics may not realize what a force of nature Hall of Fame Celtics center Robert Parish was on the court. With the sort of longevity seldom seen in the league for any player — never mind a big man — Chief racked up accolades across an absurd 21-season career, 14 of which were spent with the Celtics.

Parish won three of his four NBA titles with Boston, made nine All-Star teams and two All-NBA teams, and earned many other honors. He was a relentless force in the paint, epitomizing the old-school NBA center who came to the Celtics in one of the league’s most infamously lopsided trades.

If you are an older Celtics fan and want to reminisce in the midst of Boston’s current mediocrity or just want to see what all the hype surrounding Parish is, make sure you check out the video embedded below.

In it is a definitive collection of his best plays from that two decade-plus career, assembled by the folks over at CLNS Media’s “NBA History & Legends” YouTube channel.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” “Celtics Lab,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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Legendary Boston big man Robert Parish on iconic Celtics coach K.C. Jones

Chief sees Jones as a role model for a variety of reasons.

The only Boston Celtics player with more rings than Bill Russell (counting his NBA championships as an assistant and head coach along with those won as a player at 12 overall)  K.C. Jones joins Russell among the winningest athletes to ever play one of the major North American sports.

But Jones was also known for his unflappable personality, exemplary demeanor, and calm, focused class. In fact, it was this side of Jones that legendary Celtics big man Robert Parish most admired, and even modeled his own career after having played under the iconic Boston coach for many years.

Watch the clip embedded below put together via our friends at CLNS Media, in which Parish shares his thoughts on his former coach and friend, and how he feels Jones influenced his own life as a role model.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” “Celtics Lab,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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Robert Parish calls Paul Pierce the greatest offensive player in Boston Celtics history

The Chief Robert Parish made a rare public appearance at Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement dinner, where he said The Truth was the best offensive player in Boston Celtics history.

The Chief Robert Parish made a rare public appearance at Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement dinner, where he said The Truth was the best offensive player in Boston Celtics history.

Larry Bird has long held a place in history as perhaps the most brilliant offensive player in the history of the NBA. But his former teammate Robert Parish thinks that Paul Pierce was actually the greatest offensive player in Celtics history.

“In my opinion, I think he was the greatest offensive Celtic ever, in my opinion,” Parish said at Paul Pierce’s jersey retirement dinner Saturday.

“I just think that Paul was more creative. He was a better scorer than Larry and John Havlicek. I think that Larry and John Havlicek and Paul were the best offensive players that the Celtics ever had. I think Paul tops that list in my opinion.”

It’s a statement that will turn some heads, but comes from a unique viewpoint with Parish being a part of the original Big Three with Bird and Kevin McHale. The Chief spent 12 seasons with Bird and watched his three MVP campaigns up close.

Parish had a great admiration for how Pierce was able to put his ego and spotlight to the side to join forces with Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, forming the second generation of the Big Three in Boston that would go on to win the 2008 NBA Finals in their first season together.

“You have got to respect and admire him because superstars rarely put their egos aside for the team,” Parish said. “Paul embraced Allen and Garnett, which says a lot for him to share the spotlight with other superstars. That shows the type of person that Paul is and the respect and admiration that everyone has for him, because I think he is a genuinely nice person.”

Pierce ended up finishing second in career points for the Celtics at 24,021, trailing only Havlicek’s 26,395. Bird finished third with 21,791 and Parish finished fourth with 18,245.

There has been a general acceptance of the argument that Pierce may be the most unstoppable scorer in the history of the franchise. Claiming he was the best offensive player to ever don the green is quite the surprise, especially coming from Bird’s partner in crime.

But Pierce’s legacy as a transformative scorer in Boston will live on forever when his number 34 ascends to the rafters.

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Robert Parish on the Boston Celtics’ only letdown in the 1986 championship

As odd as it sounds, we know it is true after hearing it from one of the key members of the team, Hall of Fame Boston big man Robert Parish.

The 1985-86 Boston Celtics are widely considered to have been one of the best (if not THE best) full-season and playoffs ball clubs to have been assembled in the nearly eight-decade history of the league. And you will find few analysts or fans of the team who would elevate another season’s roster and results above them in the hierarchy of greatest Celtics squads of all time.

But even after having said all of this, there are still some things about that team that members of that historic squad have letdowns to look back on. As odd as it may sound, we know it is true after hearing it from one of the key members of the team, Hall of Fame Boston big man Robert Parish.

Chief broke down the story on a recent episode of the “NBA History and Storytellers” show vial CLNS Media. Check it out below!

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Robert Parish tells epic Larry Bird tash talking tales with the Boston Celtics

Chief witnessed some truly epic examples of what the Hick From French Lick could do to opposing players with the power of his words.

If ever there were a prize for the greatest trash-talker of all of the history of the Boston Celtics organization, it would undoubtedly go to Hall of Fame Celtics forward Larry Bird. And few men were there to see it live and in the flesh more than fellow Celtics Hall of Famer Robert Parish was.

Chief witnessed some truly epic examples of what the Hick From French Lick could do to opposing players with the power of his words backed up by preternatural on-court capabilities. And it was not all that long ago that Parish told some of those tales on the CLNS Media “Michael Coopers Showtime” podcast, itself hosted by a man who witnessed some of those games himself.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear those tales for yourself/

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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Boston Celtics 1984 reunion: Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, and Cedric Maxwell are together again

You know that the title town vibes are high when these guys are in the house.

You know that the title town vibes are high when legendary Boston Celtics alumni Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, and Cedric Maxwell are in the city of Boston ahead of the Celtics taking on the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs.

CLNS Media reporters Josue Pavon and Nick Gelso were there in the flesh to provide us with exclusive coverage from the 1984 Celtics reunion featuring Bird, Maxwell, Parish, and McHale. The iconic Celtics players gathered for the grand opening of Dick’s House of Sport at Prudential Center on this past Saturday (April 20).

Take a look at the clip embedded below to see the reunion for yourself.

If you enjoy this pod, check out the “How Bout Them Celtics,” “First to the Floor,” and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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On this day: Danny Ainge hits 1000th 3-pointer, Robert Parish plays 1561st game

On this day, Celtics Danny Ainge hit his 1,000th career 3-pointer, and Robert Parish played his 1,561st game, an NBA record.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtic shooting guard and team president Danny Ainge became the third NBA player in league history to reach 1,000 made 3-point shots in 1995. He was no longer with Boston at the time, having been traded to the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers before landing with the Phoenix Suns, the team with whom he was playing when he passed that lofty record.

Only Dale Ellis and Reggie Miller had shot as many 3-pointers at that time in NBA history, the dynamics of the game still focused on near-basket makes with shots from the midrange being taken in abundance still being the norm.

The game has changed a LOT since Ainge’s era as a player.

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On this day: Giddens debut; Rajon Rondo, Gene Kaftan born; Dennis Johnson passes

On this day in Celtics history, J.R. Giddens debuted for the team, Larry bird scored 36 points and 14 rebounds, and Robert Parish 26 and 17.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Justin Ray “J.R” Giddens made his debut for the team in 2009.

Picked up by the Celtics with the 30th overall pick of the 2008 NBA draft out of the University of New Mexico, Giddens would spend much of his first season with the defending champions. He played for the team’s developmental affiliate at that time — the Utah Flash — in the D League (as the G League was known at that time)). The Oklahoma City native would play his first minutes at the NBA level came in a 128-108 win over the Phoenix Suns on the road.

Giddens went scoreless in a minute and a half of play.

Every Boston Celtics All-Star for each season the game was played

Every single Boston Celtics All-Star in franchise history.

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game is set to kick off in Indianapolis, Indiana. A pair of Boston Celtics will be part of the action for the third year in a row as Jayson Tatum plays as a starter and Jaylen Brown a reserve for the Eastern Conference All-Stars.

Tatum and Brown join a long list of Celtics stars who have participated in the event, now entering its 73rd year of existence, which actually got its start in the old Boston Garden. Initially created to improve the image of professional basketball after a point-shaving scandal in NCAA ball besmirched the sport in the eyes of the public, the event has taken on a life of its own as one of the league’s most anticipated events.

Let’s take a look at all the Celtics who have taken part.

On this day: Celtic champ Robert Parish’ Jersey retired; Burrough born

On this day in Celtics history, champion center Robert Parish had his jersey retired, and Junior Burrough was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion center Robert Parish saw his jersey raised to the rafters alongside banners he helped win as his No. 00 was retired by the Celtics in 1998.

In a ceremony at the halftime of a game against the Indiana Pacers (that was also Larry Bird’s return to the city for the first time as head coach of that organization), Robert “Chief” Parish had his jersey raised to the rafters of the Fleet Center (now, TD Garden). The game was a homecoming of sorts, as besides the return of Bird as coach of the Pacers, Kevin McHale was also in attendance.

He was at that time the vice president of the Minnesota Timberwolves.