Live broadcast on December 12th News “Boston Globe” writer Bob Ryan News, Rocket coach Stephen Silas’s father, Celtics celebrity Paul Silas died at the age of 79.
Silas player period (1964-1980) played in Eagle, Sun, Celtics, Nuggets and supersonic. He won two championships with Celtics and won the first championship young pioneer team history with supersonic. He was selected as an all-star twice, and was selected as the best defensive team five times (twice for one defense and three for two defense). He was one of the best rebounder and defenders of that era with a height of 201cm. His career averaged 9.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists, and his peak season averaged 17.5 points, 11.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists. His career attendance rate is extremely high, with more than 77 games in 15 of the 16 seasons and full attendance in 6 seasons, ranking 34th in history (tied with Tony Parker) with 1254 games.
It is worth mentioning that Silas, the coach period, served as the coach of the Knight for two seasons from 2003 to 2005, and was also James’s first coach in NBA. At the same time, he was also the first head coach of the Hornets after they moved to New Orleans. The 2002-03 season was his only season to coach the Hornets, when the 47-35 record of the season also made him the coach with the highest success rate in the history of the New Orleans Hornets ().
