Chuck Cooper, number 11, plays for the Boston Celtics as they take on the Syracuse Nationals at the Garden in an undated photo. Basketball was a very different game in 1950. The NBA was a fledgling ...

Skinner never played in the NBA, instead electing to join the (then ... Larry Bird wins his 3rd MVP; Celtics trade Chuck Cooper ...

Chuck Cooper. Courtesy Boston Celtics. Saved in photo6 and adv sports It was also the date of the 1974 NBA draft, in which the Celtics drafted four players of note. The first was Al Skinner ...