{"podcast":{"title":"NBA History Story Tellers on CLNS","slug":"nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","podcast_index_feed_id":6383520,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/nba-history","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@NBAHistoryCLNS","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3e3048d2-e68c-11ed-b851-0fa562f394d8/image/813192d17c6ae67950d58f7865f7ff8b.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nick Gelso, North Station Media","episode_count":149,"summary":"CLNS Media has become a home for sports history enthusiasts & retired athletes, especially NBA players. With CLNS new VOD initiative, the content team have taken this opportunity to launch several new VOD channels throughout the OTT universe. Now a hosting platform for former NBA MVPs, FINALs MVPs, DPOY award recipients, scoring champs and league title holders, a new, exclusive home for this content in the VOD sphere was in order. Welcome to the NBA Legends’ Vintage Vault Pods, vidcasts & unique, rarely seen footage. Here, you will find new content from the likes of: Cedric Maxwell - 2x champ, 1981 Finals MVP Michael “Coop” Cooper- 5x champ, 1987 DPOY Tony Allen - Defensive Juggernaut & 2008 World Champion Jameer Nelson - Longtime Orlando Magic PG Bob McAdoo - 3x Champ NBA MVP, League Scoring Champ Bob Ryan - Basketball HOF Journalist, Boston Globe Frequent appearances from: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar James Worthy Kendrick Perkins Mike Gorman Doc Rivers Dominique Wilkins Sean David","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T04:20:45.001660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520"},"episode":{"title":"Don Nelson Joined Celtics for $1,000 Cash — Bob Ryan Reveals All 😳","slug":"don-nelson-joined-celtics-for-1-000-cash-bob-ryan-reveals-all","published_at":"2026-08-14T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/don-nelson-joined-celtics-for-1-000-cash-bob-ryan-reveals-all","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM5369205665.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM5369205665.mp3","summary":"Don Nelson has passed away at 86. Bob Ryan and Gary Tanguay spend this episode remembering the real Nelly — not just the Hall of Fame coach, but the Celtic most people under 60 never saw play. The story nobody knows: Nelson became a Celtic for $1,000 cash because rival Tom Heinsohn personally told Red Auerbach to go get him. 0:00 — Why Tom Heinsohn told Red to sign Don Nelson 1:05 — Nelson’s early career and the Havlicek birthday coincidence 4:36 — His playing days at Iowa and a rough stretch with the Lakers 5:23 — Signed to the Celtics for $1,000 cash 6:45 — Heinsohn’s go-to clutch play was always for Nelson 8:38 — The legendary Game 7 shot off the back of the rim 11:37 — PrizePicks 12:41 — The bar debate that ended with broken glasses 14:04 — Bill Russell called him “the ultimate Celtic” 14:31 — Retiring to Maui, and a famous marijuana patch 17:34 — The 1983 friction with Red Auerbach as a coach 20:19 — Building Run TMC and drafting Nowitzki and Nash in one night 24:44 — Bob Ryan’s personal story: the 10,000-point favor NBA History on CLNS Media is Powered by 💰 PrizePicks - Sign up at http://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS & Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $150 in lineups instantly if you win your first $5 lineup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Don Nelson has passed away at 86. Bob Ryan and Gary Tanguay spend this episode remembering the real Nelly — not just the Hall of Fame coach, but the Celti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/episodes/don-nelson-joined-celtics-for-1-000-cash-bob-ryan-reveals-all/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/don-nelson-joined-celtics-for-1-000-cash-bob-ryan-reveals-all.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}