NBA Hall of Fame superstar Bob Cushy

Bob Cousy (bob cousy), born August 9, 1928 in New York, Usa, is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a point guard and carries the ball behind him, and is known as the originator of point guard.

Bob Cush was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1st round of the 1950 NBA Draft, played all his career for the Boston Celtics, won the NBA championship 6 times, was elected to the NBA regular season MVP in 1957, was named to the NBA All-NBA First Team 10 times, was named to the NBA All-Team Second Team twice, was named the NBA Assist King 8 times, was named to the NBA All-Star Team 13 times and won the NBA All-Star MVP twice.

At the end of the 1962–63 season, Bob Cush officially announced his retirement. However, in 1970, he played 7 games for the Cincinnati Royals as head coach. Bob Cush was the Celtics' point guard in his glory days, and he, along with Bill Russell, Tom Heinthorne, Sam Jones, K. C. Jones, Bill Shaman and Tom Sanders, were the main figures in the establishment of the Celtic dynasty. In 1970, Bob Cush was inducted into the Nye Smith Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1996, Bob Cush was named to the NBA's 50 Biggest Stars. His No. 14 jersey was retired by the Celtics.

Born in New York City in 1928, Bob Cousy was shown to be a basketball talent in high school. Due to his poor background, he was removed from the middle school basketball team twice. At the age of 13, he fell from a tree and broke his right arm, so he used his left hand to dribble, pass and shoot. When he recovered from injury, he was able to open the bow left and right, and his ball skills increased greatly. Varsity coach Glamude once saw Cush playing and immediately recalled him to the varsity team.

In middle school, Cousy continued to beat his opponents with techniques and moves he had never seen before, and during his college years, he became a topic of conversation in New York for a time. In 1946, at the end of the era of ignorance, Cush entered Holly University and blew a breeze of basketball technology revolution into the college basketball world, but the college coach thought that Cusi's movements were too fancy and limited his playing time, and even so, Cush led Holly University to the national championship in the first year and was named the best team in the United States.

In 1950, Bob Cush entered the NBA draft, but even "Cardinal" Auerbach was dismissive of him. Cussi was selected by the Hawks in the first round and switched hands to the Chicago Stags, who drew a draw to the Boston Celtics due to the Stags' collapse.

As a rookie in 1950–51, Cush averaged 15.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game.

In 1951-52, the Celtics won top scorer Bill Shaman, Cusi averaged 21.7 points and 6.7 assists per game, both of which were close to the highest level in the league, and Cusi was also named to the first team of the year. However, as in the 1950-51 season, the Celtics were eliminated by the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs.

In 1952-53, Cusi won his first consecutive assists title for eight consecutive years, averaging 7.7 assists per game, which was quite rare before the offensive time limit began to be used. He led the Celtics to their best 46 wins since the team's founding and swept the Syracuse Nations 2-0 in the divisional semifinals. Kushi's dominant performance in Game 2 became one of the most talked about games of his career.

In the 1953-54 season, Cusi averaged 19.2 points and 7.2 assists per game in the regular season, and for the second consecutive year, Hey won the MVP with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in the All-Star Game.

Bob Cousy and Bill Russell

In the 1954–55 season, Cusi averaged 21.2 points and 7.8 assists per game, again winning the assists and being named to the First Team of the Year.

In the 1955–56 season, Bob Cousy averaged a new personal high of 26.3 per game and held firmly the title of Assists King.

In the 1956–57 season, Cusi was named NBA's Most Valuable Player of the Year as the league's assist king, and in the playoffs, the team took the team to the next level, reaching the Finals, and fought hard seven games to win the St. Louis Hawks, and Cusi also won the first championship of his career.

In 1957–58, Cusi averaged a league-high 7.1 assists per game, leading the Boston Celtics to the Finals again, and on April 5, 1958, Cush finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, becoming the first player in Finals history to reach a triple-double. Despite this, the Celtics lost to the St. Louis Hawks in the Finals, finishing second.

In the 1958-59 season, the Celtics won 52 wins and 20 losses in the regular season, And Kusi won the assist king with an average of 8.6 assists per game, and in the Finals against the Lakers, the team swept the opponent 4-0 to win the championship and began an eight-game championship journey.

In the 1959–60 season, Cusi set a new personal high with 9.5 assists in the regular season, winning the assist king for eight consecutive years, the Finals against the St. Louis Eagles, and in the seventh game of the Finals on April 9, 1960, Cusi scored 19 points and gave 14 assists, and the Celtics won the championship 122-103.

In the 1960–61 season, Cusi averaged 18.1 points and 7.7 assists per game, and averaged 9.1 assists per game in the playoffs, helping the team to a 4-1 victory over the veteran St. Louis Eagles in the Finals and another championship.

In the 1961–62 season, Cusi averaged 15.7 points and 7.8 assists per game, leading the Celtics to a 60-win regular season and a seven-game win over the Lakers in the Finals to win the championship.

In the 1962–63 season, Cussi helped the Celtics to a 58-22 record, ranking first in the East. In the sixth game of the Finals, With 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Cush sprained his left ankle, but with 5 minutes left in the game, Cush returned to the court with an injury, and his control of the ball ensured that the Celtics defeated the Lakers 112-109 and won the championship again, which was the 5th consecutive championship won by the Celtics and also drew a perfect end to Kusi's career, and at the end of the season, Kusi officially announced his retirement.

In the 1969-70 season, when Cusi was the head coach of the Cincinnati Royals, he did not spare anything to put on his jersey and played 7 games in person, and he averaged 0.7 points, 0.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 4.9 minutes per game, which was also the last time Cusi appeared in the game as a player.

Coaching career

On May 9, 1969, Cincinnati Royals owner Max Jacobs announced at a press conference that Bob Cussi would coach the Royals.

1969–70 season, coaching period

Cush's goal was to transform the Royals into a fast-paced attacking team, and the team gradually began to get used to The Kusi system. But as coach Cush is not good at organizing defense, the Royals have also missed the playoffs in a row.

In the 1973–74 season, head coach Kusi left his coaching career due to the team's poor performance.