NEW YORK -- How wretchedly ironic Dennis Johnson, 52, dropped dead from a heart attack on the day of the NBA's trading deadline.
How sorrowfully strange the relatively young Celtic great and Red Auerbach, the franchise's patriarch, would pass away within four months of each other.
Because, as we all know, acquiring D.J. was one of Red's all-time hijacks.
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