Título: Red Auerbach
Seção: The early years (1950-56)
Background: Arnold Jacob Auerbach was one of the four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant from Minsk, Russia, and Marie Auerbach, nee Thompson, was American-born. Auerbach Sr. had left Russia when he was 13, and the couple owned a delicatessen store and later went into the dry-cleaning business. Little Arnold spent his whole childhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, playing basketball.

Conteúdo: Prior to the 1950-51 NBA season, Walter Brown, owner of the Boston Celtics, was desperate to turn around his struggling and financially strapped franchise, which was reeling from a 22-46 record. Brown, in characteristic candor, said to a gathering of local Boston sportswriters, "Boys, I don't know anything about basketball. Who would you recommend I hire as coach?" The group vociferously answered that he get the recently available Auerbach, and Brown complied. In the 1950 NBA draft, Auerbach made some notable moves. First, he famously snubbed Hall-of-Fame New England point guard Bob Cousy in the 1950 NBA draft, infuriating the Boston crowd. He argued that the flashy Cousy lacked the poise necessary to make his team, taunting him as a "local yokel". Second, he drafted African-American Chuck Cooper, the first black player to be drafted by an NBA club. With that, Auerbach effectively broke down the color barrier in professional basketball.  In that year, the core of the Celtics consisted of Hall-of-Fame center Ed Macauley, Auerbach's old favorite McKinney, and an unlikely addition, Cousy. Cousy had refused to report to the club that had drafted him (ironically, the Blackhawks, Auerbach's old club), and because his next team (the Chicago Stags) folded, he ended up with the Celtics. With Auerbach's fast-break tactics, the Celtics achieved a 39-30 record but lost in the 1951 NBA Playoffs to the New York Knicks. However, the relationship between Auerbach and Cousy improved when the 

user: How did Red get his start?

assistant: First, he famously snubbed Hall-of-Fame New England point guard Bob Cousy in the 1950 NBA draft, infuriating the Boston crowd.

user: How did he redeem himself from that?

assistant: He argued that the flashy Cousy lacked the poise necessary to make his team, taunting him as a "local yokel

user: What teams did he coach for?

assistant: Brown, owner of the Boston Celtics,

user: did he win any playoffs?

assistant: tactics, the Celtics achieved a 39-30 record but lost in the 1951 NBA Playoffs to the New York Knicks.

user: Did he coach anyone in the hall of fame?

assistant: Auerbach made a remarkable draft pick of future Hall-of-Fame guard Bill Sharman.

user: How did he become an nba coach?

assistant: However, the relationship between Auerbach and Cousy improved when the coach saw that the "Houdini of the Hardwood"--as the spectacular dribbler and flashy passer Cousy

user: What brought an end to the early years?

assistant: the Celtics would make the playoffs every year, but never won the title.

user: What was believed to be the reason they never won?

assistant: In fact, the Celtics often choked in the playoffs,

user: What was Auerbach doing in 1956?

assistant: In the next years until 1956, the Celtics would make the playoffs every year, but never won the title.