I got to meet Jo Jo White yesterday. Wow, what a talker. I would love to just have an hour to just listen to him talk. He was at a signing yesterday...and since there were only 6 people there, he was just basically talking to us about his life and the current state of the Celtics and NBA as a whole.
He was a little before my time, but after meeting him, it has made me want to go and watch some of the old games.
He played for 12 years...and he said that he had probably 8 more years in his legs but on the 13th year, the Celts had come under a different coach and he had assembled the team he wanted which didn't include Jo Jo. He was offered to go to three other teams but he said that Green ran through his veins and he wasn't interested in playing for anybody but Boston.