In a up to date interview performed by way of NBC Sports activities Boston’s Chris Forsberg, Corridor of Repute Boston Celtics level preserve Bob Cousy spread out about his function in serving to to form the Nationwide Basketball Avid gamers Affiliation (NBPA) in his taking part in days, a exit that he believes lead the way for these days’s avid gamers — together with the Celtics stars of these days, like Jaylen Brown — signing multi-million-dollar words. “My last year, they told me I was the highest-paid player in the league, I made $35,000,” mentioned Cousy.

“One of the things I’m most proud about is starting the Players Association,” he added, “because that somehow has lent itself, 60 years later, in terms of the interaction between the Players Association and the owners, to guys signing $300 million contracts for five years for playing a child’s game.”

“So I celebrate that. Really. I’m not sitting here pissed off as hell because they’re making all that money and I didn’t. I’m so pleased that I had a hand, I think, in setting the table for this.”

“It allows me to be part of the legacy of this wonderful league and sport that I was involved in, intimately, for 30 years. Or still am, in some ways,” alike the Celtics admirable.

“It gives me a place in history. Hopefully, the league will stay alive and the Celtics will be able to win it all.”

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