7. “It Just Feels Like Loss” | What If? The Len Bias Story

Book of Basketball 2.0

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🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the finale, we examine how the passing of time has changed the way we process the memory of Len Bias, what his death meant to the city of Boston and the Celtics franchise, and why his story lingers for sports fans and non-sports fans alike. Host: Jordan Ritter Conn Producers: Hannah Beal, Isaac Lee, Noah Malale, and Bobby Wagner Production Assistant: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So in 1985, I was playing golf down by the cape.
0:10.3	It was summer when Danny Ange first laid eyes on the man who could change the fate of
0:14.2	his franchise.
0:16.4	Ange was the Boston Celtic starting shooting guard.
0:18.9	He was early in his career, finding a role on a team packed with talent.
0:23.3	The Celtics had just come off a loss to the Lakers in the 1985 NBA Finals.
0:28.4	I was just stopping by Marsfield on my way back.
0:32.4	We're red used to have his summer camps.
0:35.7	Red Hourback.
0:37.3	He's one of the great coaches in NBA history.
0:40.1	His Celtics teams won nine championships between 1957 and 1966.
0:45.7	Well, in the 80s, he'd moved from the Celtics sideline to the front office.
0:51.6	In every summer, he hosted these camps, where he invited a bunch of college stars.
0:57.2	I wasn't really feeling like I wanted to play with the campers.
1:01.9	I was just basically going to stop by and say hi to Red.
1:05.5	So he gets there.
1:07.4	There were some of the late round draft picks that were there and some of the campers and
1:12.6	local college kids and Lynn Bias was there.
1:16.6	I mean, my gosh, it was like there was nobody else in the gym from my perspective.
1:21.4	I couldn't tell you any of the other players there.
1:24.6	He was just Lynn Bias and I was watching him play.
1:31.7	Afterwards, Bias went back to Maryland.
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