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On this day: Celtics win ’81 championship vs. Rockets; Braun signed
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It is also the birthday of Celtics sharpshooter and current-day broadcaster Eddie House. Born this day in 1978 in Berkeley, California, House played his college ball at Arizona State.
Drafted by the Miami Heat in 2000, the Californian would play for that team. the Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, (then) Charlotte Bobcats (now, Hornets), Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, and New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets before signing with Boston in 2007.
House would of course win a title with the Celtics before leaving to join the New York Knicks after he, Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens were traded to the Knicks for Nate Robinson and Marcus Landry.