Kids of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, KC Jones recall growing up during Celtics Dynasties
NOV 12, 202547 MIN
Kids of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, KC Jones recall growing up during Celtics Dynasties
NOV 12, 202547 MIN
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Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn and KC Jones told stories for decades about their basketball dynasty during the 1950s and 1960s. But what was it like growing up as one of their children during those epic dynasty years?<br /><br />Karen Russell, Paul Heinsohn and Bryna Jones, who are children of those three NBA legends and Basketball Hall of Famers, came together for a special episode that revolved around that exact topic. Amid the conversation, they discuss parallels between those great dynasty teams,and the teams of the present that are headlined by Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=40s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">00:40</a>: Growing up as a kid during Celtics dynasty years<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=182s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">03:02</a>: Differences between being a Celtics kid now, versus back in the day<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=510s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">08:30</a>: How social media reconnected the “Dynasty Kids”<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=693s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">11:33</a>: Why KC Jones is under-appreciated, and how Red Auerbach respected his players<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=852s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">14:12</a>: What it was like having an NBA coach as a dad<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=1355s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">22:35</a>: The care Russell, Heinsohn, Jones and the Celtics had for one another<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=1430s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">23:50</a>: The Celtics dynasty teams used to do what?!<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=1615s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">26:55</a>: Reflecting on the Celtics City docuseries on HBO<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=1828s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">30:28</a>: Remembering Bill Russell saying in the 1969 Finals that the Lakers’ balloons wouldn’t be dropped<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=1878s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">31:18</a>: Detachment from their fathers due to the team travel<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=2055s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">34:15</a>: Discussing the current players and their kids, including Jayson and Deuce Tatum<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=2370s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">39:30</a>: Why are they and their families such fans of the current Celtics teams?<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfcFU-8PBXg&t=2695s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">44:55</a>: Seeing their dads’ numbers hanging in the rafters never gets old