This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest teams in NBA history, the 1986 Boston Celtics. Back in 2016, NBC Sports Boston produced a documentary on that season called "The '86 Celtics". We gathered interviews with members of that team, media, and others in the making of the documentary. Every Monday for the next few months, we'll re-release these long-form interviews on the Celtics Talk podcast feed.

In this episode, we talk to one of the members of the big three, NBA Hall of Famer Kevin McHale.

In this first segment, McHale reflects back on how he came to the Boston Celtics, which is regarded as one of the best trades in the history of professional sports. The legendary Red Auerbach was able to acquire the third overall pick from the Golden State Warriors and Robert Parish in exchange for the first and 13th picks.

The Warriors selected Joe Barry Carroll and Ricky Brown, while Boston drafted McHale…

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