A lot of basketball fans may know Paul Westphal as a professional coach, but those of a previous generation remember him as probably the best all-around guard in the NBA from 1976-81.
Four years after JoJo White, his backcourt mate on the 1974 NBA champion Celtics was voted into the Hall of Fame, Westphal was belatedly voted into the Hall as a member of the 2019 induction class this past weekend at the Final Four.
Even though Westy achieved most of his NBA stardom after being traded to Phoenix in a controversial deal that almost cost the Celtics the 1976 NBA title, he played a major role in helping Boston defeat Milwaukee in game seven of the 1974 Finals.