He made it to the Hall of Fame as a player and coach and died at 87. Two footnotes: Sharman introduced the pre-game shootaround; as a baseball player,Wholesale Jerseys, he was called up by the Dodgers in 1951 and was in the dugout when Bobby Thomson hit his mighty home run.
The Celtics-Lakers rivalry that once defined the NBA had a unifying thread in Sharman. He teamed in the backcourt with Bob Cousy in Boston and became one of the game's best foul shooters. He later coached the Lakers of Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West when they won 33 in a row,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and as an executive presided over the team's Showtime run.