Kevin McHale Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History
• Was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999
• The University of Minnesota offered him one of the three scholarships the NCAA allowed them to give out that year
• When he started high school, he was primarily interested in hockey, but after an unexpected growth spurt he began to excel at basketball
• His high school coach Gary Addington helped him gain control over his newly gangly build by playing one-on-one basketball with him
• Was drafted third overall in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics
• Quote: "Playing professional basketball was great․ It was the greatest job in the world․ But it didn't make me a different person․"
• Quote: "[on playing for the Celtics] "We played the game, I thought, the way it should have been played․ Those were absolutely the best days of my life․""
• Known for the front line he formed with Larry Bird and Robert Parish
• Spent 13 years playing for the NBA's Boston Celtics