Chuck Cooper was a rookie on the first Celtics team to end the season with a winning record. And a separate pick, Bob Cousy, would eventually become his close friend.

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players to ...

The NBA celebrated and acknowledged the 75th anniversary of the first three Black players to take the court for the league ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics forward John Havlicek died in 2019 after a long fight with Parkinson's disease at the age of 74 in Jupiter, Florida. Hondo, as he would often ...

Duquesne's Chuck Cooper, a second-team All-American, becomes the first African-American drafted by an NBA team when he's selected in the second round by the Boston Celtics. Other African-Americans ...

On the 75th anniversary of the 1950 NBA Draft, which integrated the NBA, Isiah Thomas and Jalen Rose discuss the impact of those early pioneers.

All-Stars Stephen Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Brown introduce us to the pioneers who broke the NBAs color barrier in 1950: Chuck Cooper, Nat Sweetwater Clifton and Earl Lloyd New Yorks ...

Introducing the NBA Pioneers. All-Stars Stephen Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Brown introduce us to the pioneers who broke the NBAs color barrier in 1950: Chuck Cooper, Nat ...

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players ...