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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #22
« Reply #45 on: September 25, 2009, 09:44:16 AM »

Offline hardlyyardley

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not sure what # we're at with all this but bailey howell deserves
a top 25.....in the HOF....allen has had only 2 years....had he played 4 or 5 yrs, he would be top 15 material with garnett....allen = modern day sam jones  

Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #22
« Reply #46 on: September 25, 2009, 09:56:57 AM »

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Just refreshing my senior memory about Bailey Howell....three things:

Better than Silas and researched the next two:

We got him in 1966 in an even exchange for the infamous 7 foot stiff Mel Counts and

He was an allstar with Detroit and was traded to Washington in a trade involving two future GMs....Rod Thorn and Bob Ferry (Danny's dad)