John Havlicek - Writing

Basketball player, born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA. After playing in three National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball finals at Ohio State (1960–2), he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns to play football. He was cut from the team, so he returned to basketball, joining the Boston Celtics who had also drafted him as their number one choice. He played forward for the team (1962–78), where he led the club to eight National Basketball Association titles. A superb defensive player, he was elected to basketball's Hall of Fame in 1983.

Havlicek (born April 8, 1940 in Martins Ferry, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons.

Even though Havlicek is considered one of the best players in NBA history, he was mostly overlooked as a college player because he was on the same team as Jerry Lucas at Ohio State University.

Havlicek was drafted by both the Celtics and the NFL's Cleveland Browns in 1962.

Nicknamed "Hondo", (a name inspired by the John Wayne movie of the same name), Havlicek revolutionized the "sixth man" role, and has been immortalized for his clutch steal in the closing seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference championship. With the Philadelphia 76ers in position to score the winning basket in the final game of the series, Havlicek tipped Hal Greer's inbound pass away, leading to Celtics announcer Johnny Most's exclamation, "Havlicek steals it.

Havlicek is the Celtics all-time leader in points and games played, scoring 26,395 points (20.8 points per game, 6th all-time in points scored in the NBA), and playing in 1,270 games (4th all-time). He became the first player to score 1,000 points in 16 consecutive seasons, with his best season coming during the 1970-71 NBA season when he averaged 28.9 points per game.

Havlicek shares the NBA Finals single-game record for most points in an overtime period (9 in a May 10, 1974 game vs.

Late in the second Overtime of Game Five of the 1976 NBA Finals, Havlicek made a shot that he thought was a game-winner as fans spilled over to the floor, it really was one second left in overtime no.

A 13-time NBA All-Star, Havlicek retired in 1978 and his number 17 jersey was immediately retired at the Boston Garden.

Havlicek was ranked #15 on SLAM Magazine's Top 75 NBA Players of all time in 2003.

Writing

Havlicek was known to contribute to many books related to the NBA.