Published 6/17/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
After one of his many losses as coach of the Boston Celtics, an angry Rick Pitino admonished those who wanted instant success. "Larry Bird is not walking through that door, fans," he said. "Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door." But last summer Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen did walk through that door -- and fans, sponsors and plenty of...
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