In even a brief conversation with David Lee, one gets the message that playing for the Celtics — for this franchise — is more than a little special.
And it’s big, as well, for another member of his family. His mom’s favorite player is a Celtic. And, in what might be considered an upset, Susan Lee’s hoop hero isn’t David Lee.
That would be Dave Cowens, a man who played the final game of his NBA career 13 days before David Lee first appeared on earth in April 1983.
So Lee made sure he crossed paths with the fellow 6-foot-9 banger.