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Justin Quinn

On this day: Len Bias, Garfield Smith, Sam Cassell born; Bob Cousy traded

Len Bias Sam Cassell Bob Cousy Celtics Boston NBA Celtic Royals Cincinnati University of Maryland

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Len Bias was born in Landover, Maryland in 1963. Bias would attend his hometown University of Maryland after graduating high school, where he would rise to national attention with the Terrapins.

He would be taken by the Celtics with the second overall pick of the 1986 NBA draft, only to have tragedy follow soon after. To celebrate his good fortune of landing with the storied franchise, the former Terrapin returned to the University of Maryland campus to celebrate his ascent to a contending team in the NBA with several of his friends.

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