NBA he is in mourning. This Friday, at the age of 88, the legendary KC Jones, player and coach of Boston. The information was confirmed by Celtics, a team with which he played nine seasons and won titles in eight of them, the third most in history, only behind the legendary teammates Bill Russell (11) and Sam Jones (10). ).
His success continued in his coaching days, when he won three titles (one as an assistant and two as a coach) during his 1980s Boston success with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish as protagonists, considered the best in NBA history.
The only season he did not win a championship was 1966-67, and soon after, Jones, 34, retired. But Jones remained in competition, first as a coach at Brandeis University on the outskirts of the city. Boston and then as an assistant or head coach in the NBA or ABA before returning to the Celtics as an assistant to the legendary Bill Fitch in 1977.
Jones stopped coaching the Celtics after the 1987 season and moved to the Celtics main office before ending his coaching career with the Seattle SuperSonics and Detroit Pistons. The Celtics decided to withdraw their number 25 and was included in the Basketball Hall of Fame, in the 1989 class.
Born in Texas, he trained with Russell at the University of San Francisco, winning consecutive NCAA titles in 1955 and 1956. In the summer after the second title, the two led the United States national team to win a gold medal in the United States. Melbourne Olympics (Australia).
He is also one of seven players to have won college and NBA basketball titles as well as Olympic gold, joining Russell, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Jerry Lucas, Quinn Buckner and Clyde Lovellette.