Reggie Lewis

by Jim Weeks on Mar 29, 2007 10:06 PM EDT in Green Bandwagon

Today while roaming the vast Internet wilderness I stumbled upon a nice piece about the Reggie Lewis tragedy over at Loy's Place. It makes an interesting connection to Larry Bird and asks an important question - why does Len Bias' death seem to overshadow Lewis'? Lewis actually came to prominence in Boston (Northeastern), played for the C's, made the All Star team, and was a team captain. Perhaps it's because people connect Bias to prolonging the careers of the 85-86 Celtics. Regardless, Reggie Lewis' death was a JFK style moment for me.

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Fallen Captain # 35

I think it also the hype surrounding Bias who was touted as being better than Jordan.

The old coulda-woulda-shoulda syndrome. Some C's fans over analyze this and it tends to create the continued mystique surrounding Len's potential to be the next franchise player leading us into #17.

Or maybe not.

by Loyalist on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 AM EDT reply actions

Moving on

I tend to agree that it is over analyzed. That was bad for the franchise but you can't overlook all the bad decisions made in the past 20 seasons. I don't want to rehash them all but there are plenty.

by Jim Weeks on Apr 3, 2007 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions