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Bob Cousy Passed The Test With Flying Colors; Shoot To Win: The fancy guard wore Celtic green and white on the way to 6 NBA titles and the Hall of Fame.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: CURT SCHLEIER
Bob Cousy was a different kind of basketball player. Unlike many who play the game today, he didn't showboat after he made a difficult shot. No in-your-face moves. No trash talk. It wasn't about him.
As Bill Reynolds wrote in his biography, "Cousy: His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basketball," "In (Cousy's) view, his role was to make his teammates better."
And that's what he did for 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics (plus a short stint in 1969-70 with the Cincinnati Royals) in the National Basketball Association.
In the process, he became a 13-time All-Star, won six NBA titles -- including five in a row -- and was elected to the Hall of Fame.
The Rise
These were tremendous feats for a man who was an unlikely pro hoopster, let alone a man considered one of the greatest passers and playmakers in NBA history.
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