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NBA legend Don Nelson dies at 86
Basketball Hall of Famer Don Nelson died Sunday at 86, his family announced. He played 11 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning five NBA championships, and later coached for 31 seasons with…
The Story in Brief
Basketball Hall of Famer Don Nelson died Sunday at 86, his family announced. He played 11 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning five NBA championships, and later coached for 31 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks and Dallas Mavericks. Nelson finished with 1,335 regular-season coaching wins, the second-most in NBA history. After retiring in 2010, he moved to Maui and grew marijuana for medicinal use, a strain he called 'Nellie Kush'. Luka Doncic was among those paying tribute.
The Indian Opinion
The coverage of Don Nelson's death focuses heavily on his marijuana farming in Hawaii, but that sidelines his towering basketball achievements. He won five NBA titles as a player and holds the second-most coaching wins in league history. The lazy narrative reduces a Hall of Fame career to a retirement hobby. Readers should ask why his coaching innovations and 1,335 wins get less attention than his personal health choices.
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