Don Nelson, NBA coaching pioneer and Hall of Famer, dies at 86
Don Nelson, who won five NBA championships as a player with the Boston Celtics and then coached 31 seasons in a style so far ahead of the league that everybody eventually copied it, died Sunday. He w… [+2104 chars]
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