1. T-Ham started the first Celtics game I ever saw in Boston. Was on spring break visiting friends and splurged for 3rd row seats behind the bench. Got there an hour early and just walked around the arena taking pictures.
2. Hamilton dunked in that game. A thunderous
jam that I semi-caught on film. Actual film, not a cell phone.
3. After we won the title in 2008, I called into WEEI -- from my driveway in Gainesville, Fla. at like 1 am. I got on the air after like a 45 min wait and rambled but finished, choking back some dust that was in the air, saying soemthign like "...this was for all of us who stuck with the team for 20 years, who know who Thomas Hamilton is, who never stoped believing in the Celtics."
I guess maybe Thomas Hamilton is my spirit animal.