Were the 1986 Boston Celtics the greatest NBA team ever? According to these legends, they were

Were the 1986 Boston Celtics the greatest team ever? According to a number of their peers and legends in their own right, they were indeed, or at least ought to be counted among them. The team, coached by Boston legend KC Jones, was helmed by the “Big Three” of Celtics Hall of Famers Larry Bird, Robert Parish, and Kevin McHale with Bill Walton, Dennis Johnson, and Danny Ainge on it as well.

The Celtics won 67 games (Boston’s second-best regular season record ever) while Bird picked up his third and final Most Valuable Player award, with Walton getting the Sixth Man of the Year award for his elite play off of the bench.

The title, Boston’s 16th and their penultimate at the time of writing, capped off among the most impressive full-season displays of dominance seen in NBA history.

To hear the peers of this team talk about just how good it was, take a look at the clip embedded above put together by the folks at the “Basketball Time Machine” podcast.

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Story originally appeared on Celtics Wire