Oftentimes, when Mike Gorman introduced Tommy Heinsohn – the Celtics’ longtime player, coach, and broadcaster, who died at age 86 – Gorman would turn to a familiar script.
“If you’re over 60,” Gorman said, “you know Tommy as a player.”
“If you’re over 40, you know Tommy as a coach.”
“If you’re over 20, you know Tommy as a broadcaster.”
“If you’re under 10, you think he’s Shrek.”
“He loved that intro,” his broadcast partner Gorman recalled Tuesday on NBC Sports Boston. “The first time I gave it to him, he said, ‘Who’s Shrek?