You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.

He stepped down as Royals' coach early in the 1973–74 NBA season with a mediocre 141–209 record. Lapchick alerted Cousy that transferring was a very risky move: according to NCAA rules the player would be required to sit out a year before becoming eligible to play for the school he transferred to. 5 rebounds and 6.

Basketball". Cousy was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971 the NBA 35th Anniversary Team in 1981 and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 making him one of only four players that were selected to each of those teams. Cousy was initially drafted as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks but after he refused to report he was picked up by Boston.