Yvan Montgury, The Gravedigger 🏀

Boston☘️🏀1976

Thank you so much 🙏

March 9, it’s Sam Jones Day #DifferentHere 

It's also my birthday 🙏

NBA Commissioner Walter Kennedy praises Willis Reed, the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player 🏆

When New York Knicks basketball star Willis Reed accepts the NBA's Most Valuable Player award 🏆 #NewYorkForever 

Reed doesn't forget to thank the legends of the sport, Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor

August 15th, 1966 #DifferentHere 

Bill Russell's first day of training camp as NBA player-coach of the Boston Celtics #HoopsHistory

A Year Ago, I went on the most beautiful trip of my life ☘️

#DifferentHere  @thebostonceltics.bsky.social

Newly signed Boston Celtic player Bill Russell models his team's warm-up jacket after signing his first professional contract with the Boston Celtics.
#DifferentHere

55 years ago, Milwaukee Bucks program with KAJ #FearTheDeer

The Hawk showing one way to avoid Kareem's length #SunsUp  #HoopsHistory

October 24, 1987 Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Soviet National Team 127-100 in the championship game of the Open McDonald’s tournament

This event initiated what would happen 2 years later, when the FIBA ​​Congress decided to remove the word "Amateur" from its name #FearTheDeer #HoopsHistory

Yes 👍

Rare footage of 1974 @usabasketball.bsky.social Practice for World Games in Puerto Rico #HoopsHistory

Soul Power: Legend of the ABA

Soul Power: Legend of the American Basketball Association drops today

The originators: Dr.J, Connie Hawkins, 3pt & slam dunk contest, red white & blue balls, big 'fros & thunder dunks

Also peep And1 Legend "The Professor"

#soulpower #AmericanBasketballAssociation

@yvanthegravedigger.bsky.social

Only 5 days left until #SoulPower comes out on @PrimeVideo

Kentucky Colonels had all women board of directors. Pioneer before all

Shown : Ellie Brown the new board chairperson, directors Sissy Jankins, Patsy Baker, Mary Blair, Faith Lyles, and Billie Claire Kurfeees.

📸: Bettmann Archive

Only 6 days left until #SoulPower comes out on @PrimeVideo

Here are a few little stories that only ABA can have 📚

Only 7 days left until #SoulPower comes out on @PrimeVideo

Here’s a story about a pioneer 🐴

Penny Ann Early, the name may not ring a bell, but she is the only woman to have played in the ABA, and indeed in any professional men's basketball league.

Only 8 days left until #SoulPower comes out on @PrimeVideo

Here’s a story about Ballgirls 👙

The Miami Floridians Ballgirls were probably more famous than the basketball team itself!

Only 9 days left until #SoulPower
comes out on Prime Video

Here's a story about a name mistake

In 1973, the Utah Stars met the Boston Celtics for an exhibition game, here is the magazine cover with the 5 Celtics

Small problem with Dave's name 🥸

It's lovely that Nelson George, Common, Julius Erving, and everyone else didn't demand to be removed from the project after learning I'd be sharing time with them in the preview.

I'm at the :55 mark.

#SoulPower : The Legend of the American Basketball Association premieres February 12 on @PrimeVideo

Only 10 days to go !

I'll post some stories and some unpublished pictures and footage to tide you over until the documentary comes out! 🪏

57 years ago, during game against @nyknicks at Boston Garden #DifferentHere 

Bill Russell fell heavily to the floor under the Boston basket after dropping in a two-handed layup with 12 seconds to play, after the shot, Russell banged his right knee and forehead on the wooden court

📸 : Dick Raphael

First Blacks in the NBA #Pioneers #BlackMonthHistory

This is who runs this account.

50 years ago, the dunk was born 🏀

‘I'd dunked on the playground and in games, but this was different, I was practicing and trying to come up with some kind of creativity, but you know all that goes out the window in front of 15,000 fans and dunk against DrJ & David Thompson!’ George Gervin

The countdown has begun: One month from today, "Moses and the Doctor" will be published. If you want to get the book for free by the on-sale date, you can enter the contest that Goodreads is running. Thirty winners will get the hardcover. Enter here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

This year was full of encounters, travels, discussions, discoveries, learning, love, and basketball ! 🏀

The year 2026 will be even more exciting with encounters, travels, and learning!

Stay tuned 👀

#wrapped2025

The evolution of basketball in a cartoon

"For me, the greatest players aren't just those who score points, but those who help their team win, raise the level of others, and leave a lasting mark on basketball history." Red Auerbach 🗣️

27 years ago, Sports Illustrated Cover

What’s the Best Sports Year ever ? 🤔