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RIP Dennis Johnson

zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭
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He was 52.
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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Say what? DJ dead?
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bummer.
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    Geeez way too young
  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    Oh man, that sucks. DJ was a quality guy.
    some cards
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    deeply saddened
    loved to watch DJ play with bird, mchale, parrish. that was my Celtic team
    RIP
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    Very underrated player. He'll be missed...
  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    That's a HUGE stunner. He was my favorite from those teams, right along with Bird. That's a huge loss....
  • KOBEcollectorKOBEcollector Posts: 3,873 ✭✭
    I'll never forget the gamewinner DJ hit against the Lakers in the 85 Finals . . Boy was i pissed

    Huge loss . . 52 is way too young

    I think i'll give my dad a call tonight . . never know how long loved ones will be with us

    Dave
  • DaBigHurtDaBigHurt Posts: 1,066 ✭✭
    Wow, the passing of DJ is incredibly sad.

    The crazy thing is, just the other night, on TNT's halftime or postgame show, Charles Barkley joked that DJ was dead when making a joke during one of the highlights. I forget the specifics, but I think they were talking about point guards when Charles made the remark. I remember it because you just don't hear Dennis Johnson's name much anymore and I was wondering what he was up to.

    Just weird.
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  • KOBEcollectorKOBEcollector Posts: 3,873 ✭✭
    Thought i'd scan a pic of DJ , a card i've had in a binder for years

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    Dave
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    This is a downright shame. He was so damn young. It's also ironic for me in that back 1978, in my very first pack of Basketball cards I've ever bought, this was one of the cards in that pack.

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    (pic borrowed from ebay)

    I clearly remember pulling this card and putting it aside. It was the ONLY pack of Basketball cards I bought that year 'cause the Celtics were so bad in their pre-Bird years.
  • fandangofandango Posts: 2,622 ✭
    Did he die in Vegas this weekend??????
  • XanaduNowXanaduNow Posts: 1,718


    << <i>Thought i'd scan a pic of DJ , a card i've had in a binder for years

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    Dave >>



    The photography on that card is amazing. You can actually make out with quite a bit of clarity the people in the stadium.

    DJ will be missed. image

    Arthur
  • Goodsport40Goodsport40 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭
    He collapsed on the sideline at the end of a developmental league practice he was coaching. He coached an NBDL league team. I remember his great facial expressions pointed toward the refs when a call did not go his way! What a glare he had. A solid player and seemed to be a great guy.

    Robert
  • KOBEcollectorKOBEcollector Posts: 3,873 ✭✭
    The photography on that card is amazing. You can actually make out with quite a bit of clarity the people in the stadium.

    Arthur, Your right those Star cards are terrific. That particular scan came out like crap. It looks like it's all miscut but it's actually centered perfectly with 4 sharp corners.

    It's ashame PSA dosen't grade those because i have the whole set in binders and all would grade at least a 9 with a bunch of tens

    Dave
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    RIP dj

    very sad.

    julen
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    RIP GURU
  • fensfanfensfan Posts: 89
    He was not just a solid player. He was one of the best two-way players of his era; a five-time all-star and finals MVP. He had a rep. as a high-maintenance guy before he came to the Celts but proved to be perfect fit on those great teams. RIP.
  • GOODLIEUGOODLIEU Posts: 629 ✭✭
    Very sad indeed. I feel that he was kind of gyped when he was not elected to the basketball HOF before Joe Dumars (Last year I Think). Dont get me wrong I beieve that Joe should be in there but DJ did what he was known for 10 yrs before Joe. What he did was Play lock down defense within the team concept, while scoring on the offense 14.1 career and when the Playoffs started he took his overall game to another level and was cool as ice in the clutch (As was Dumars)as a integral part of two different teams (Seattle/Boston) to win the NBA championship. As Larry Bird said he never had a better teammate than Dennis Johnson. RIP DJ

    1948 Bowman PSA
    1957 Topps PSA
    1961 Fleer SGC
  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    Wow, so sad. I loved watching DJ against my Lakers in the Showtime years. That's a shame.
    * '72 BASEBALL #15 100%
    * C. PASCUAL BASIC #3
    * T. PEREZ BASIC #4 100%
    * L. TIANT BASIC #1
    * DRYSDALE BASIC #4 100%
    * MAGIC MASTER #4/BASIC #3
    * PALMEIRO MASTER/BASIC #1
    * '65 DISNEYLAND #2
    * '78 ELVIS PRESLEY #6
    * '78 THREE'S COMPANY #1

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
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    RIP
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    posted this on the sports talk forum...

    one of many great moments.
    Steal by Bird! Underneath to DJ! This place is going crazy!
  • DirtyHarryDirtyHarry Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭
    Great guy, good player, good coach. Life is short dudes. Think about it.
    Proud of my 16x20 autographed and framed collection - all signed in person. Not big on modern - I'm stuck in the past!
  • JVetteJVette Posts: 206 ✭
    Very underrated player. Intense. Always gave 100%. I would love to have him on any team.
    Sobering to think that an athlete of his dedication can die so young.

    RIP - DJ.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very sad.

    My prayers are for his family and friends.

    mike
    Mike
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