"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights originally appeared on Basketball Network. In 1978, the ...

Paxson was selected 12th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and enjoyed an 11-year NBA career, earning two NBA All-Star selections and a Second Team All-NBA selection in 1984.

In 1978, the Boston Celtics made a move that still echoes through the corridors of NBA history. It didn't come with fanfare or follow convention. It came with a quiet kind of genius, a legal loophole ...