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Message: [QUOTE="MD#12Fan, post: 4159669, member: 8636"] You might like the book. Cousy's best friend and long time friend was Tommy Heinsohn. If I remember right, Russell never really felt that Cousy did enough for him regarding the racial aspects of Russell's life in Boston and in the early NBA days. You might be slighting Cousy a tad. Remember he was an "innovator" as well. He revolutionized the point guard position, he was a scorer with an array of shots, and he was a master orchestrator of Red's fast break. He was in the last half or twilight of his career when Russell arrived. Cousy helped Boston become a consistent winner and contender but never champion until Russell arrived. Russell was certainly the glue and the missing ingredient. Keep in mind, Red never had a true center until Russell. I believe his center was the lanky Ed Macauley. I think he was traded to St. Louis along with the Ice Capades by Boston for the rights to draft Russell. No ifs, ands, or buts, Cousy was an all-time great NBA player. [/QUOTE]