A brilliant but underappreciated star from the dawn of the Celtics dynasty and who extended it into the 1970’s.
When you look at the Celtics dynasty that Red Auerbach built in the 1950’s and ‘60’s, perhaps the most underrated player on those teams was Tommy Heinsohn.
Partly this was his own fault.
Heinsohn, who was taken as a territorial draft pick in 1956, in some ways was quite different from his teammates. He had...