Sam Jones, legend of the Boston Celtics and winner of 10 NBA rings, passed away this Thursday at the age of 88.
The ESPN network, citing sources from the Celtics, noted that Jones died in a Florida hospital.
Considered one of the most important scorers in history of the league, Jones figure in the second place of the players with more titles in the NBA only behind Bill Russell, winner of 11 rings Y companion yours in the Celtics who directed Red Auerbach.
Who was Sam Jones, Boston Celtics legend?
With this praise, those of Boston they were referring to 11 titles that the mythical ones achieved Celtics that, since the second half of the 50’s and throughout the decade of the 60, they won 11 championships practically in a row.
Jones did not appear in the template that took the first ring of that excellent streak (1956-1957 season), but it was in the Next 10 what did the Celtics between courses 1958-1959 and 1968-1969.
The listen He was the ideal companion on the outside for the inner might of Russell, received the eloquent nickname of The Shooter (the shooter) and was known for his effective board throwing technique.
Jones he also became very famous for his effectiveness in the moments decisive, so much so that, as the Celtics today your statistics of annotation were best in the playoffs (18.9 points per game) than in regular season (17.7 points).
The team of Boston retired in 1969 the t-shirt of Jones with the bib number 24 and the player entered the NBA Hall of Fame in 1984.
What’s more, Jones this year was on the list of the 75 best players in NBA history that the league itself made to celebrate the 75 years of the most important competition of world basketball.
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