"The twenty-five-dollar fine he received was worth every penny" - When Red Auerbach backed Bill Russell for knocking out Ray ...

"If he wants it, the job is his" - Red Auerbach admitted Bob Cousy was offered the Celtics job before Bill Russell made ...

On this day, the Celtics signed Gordon Hayward and Chris Wilcox, waived Jordan Mickey, and didn't lose Red Auerbach to the ...

From Babe Ruth to Curtis Martin, Shaquille O'Neal to Wade Boggs, there's no shortage of players who tried out both sides of ...

And now current Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla is among them with a title to his name as coach of the Celtics, so the Rhode ...

Kevin Merida is a contributing essayist for The Post. He is the former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, a former ...

The spiciest debate in professional sport, I would argue, is whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James is the greatest ...

We asked our legion of B/R NBA experts, writers and editors to take a list of the best 500 current and former NBA stars and ...

Michael Jordan wasn't the biggest fan of one of his earlier head coaches due to them not having qualities like his college coach Dean Smith.

Every legendary NBA player has a coach whose career is synonymous with their greatness. Tim Duncan and Gregg Popovich, Magic Johnson and Pat Riley, Bill Russell and Red Auerbach, the list goes on.

The NBA has adjusted all-time wins leader Gregg Popovich's career record as coach of the Spurs, removing the 77 games that he missed last season and crediting those wins and losses to Mitch Johnson.

621 to .628, which — among coaches with 400 games — is seventh in NBA history behind Phil Jackson, Billy Cunningham, K.C. Jones, Red Auerbach, Steve Kerr and Pat Riley. The Spurs' All-Star big man is ...