NBA Hall of Famer Kevin McHale referred to some unidentified person as a 'd***head' during Tuesday's Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers broadcast on TNT.
The former Celtics legend and NBA coach was unaware his microphone was on when he and another announcer, ex-NBA player Jim Jackson, discussed someone at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center.
'I used to get into it with him steady,' said McHale. 'He's a d***head… Hasn't changed a bit.'
'Hair just got grayer,' Jackson said as both he and McHale shared a laugh.
An NBA Hall of Fame player with the Boston Celtics, Kevin McHale went on to coach the Minnesota Timberwovles and the Houston Rockets before becoming an announcer for TNT
McHale (left) referred to some unidentified person as a 'd***head' during Tuesday's Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers broadcast on TNT (not pictured). The former Celtics legend and NBA coach was unaware his microphone was on when he and another announcer, ex-NBA player Jim Jackson (center), appeared to be discussing someone at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. At that point someone must have alerted TNT's announcers that they were on air because former NBA guard Greg Anthony (right) greeted fans by saying, 'Welcome back'
At that point someone must have alerted TNT's announcers that they were on air because former New York Knicks guard Greg Anthony greeted fans by saying, 'Welcome back.'
It's not clear who McHale was referring to. The camera was focused on 76ers star Jimmy Butler, which led some to suggest McHale was talking about him.
After all, Butler did recently demand a trade away from the Minnesota Timberwovles, which is a franchise that McHale served as both an executive and as a coach.
However, McHale was fired by the Timberwolves in 2008, and Butler's time in Minnesota didn't begin until last season.
Ultimately McHale apologized, but he did not explain who he was referring to.
'[Jackson] and I were talking about a guy we knew, and I used a very unflattering, not nice term and it caught the air,' he said.
In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, McHale specifically denied that he was referring to Butler.
'No, no, no. I promise you it wasn't him. It was somebody else,' said McHale.
It's not clear who McHale was referring to. The camera was focused on 76ers star Jimmy Butler (No. 23), which led some to suggest McHale was talking about him - a claim McHale denies
Kevin McHale and Corey Brewer chat before a Lakers-76ers game in Los Angeles in January
McHale isn't exactly beloved in Philadelphia. His Celtics took two of three playoff series against the 76ers in the 1980s
The fact that Jackson referred to someone's graying hair suggests that this is an older person, and possibly even a contemporary of the 61-year-old McHale, who isn't exactly beloved in Philadelphia.
McHale's Celtics split a pair of seven-game game series with the rival 76ers in 1981 and 1982 before Boston routed Philadelphia in five games during the 1985 playoffs.
In addition to winning three of the franchise's 17 NBA titles in the 1980s, the Boston Celtics of that era were notorious trash talkers thanks to the likes of Larry Bird, Cedric Maxwell, M.L. Carr, and McHale.
As he explained to the New York Post in 2013, McHale doesn't see any boundaries when it comes to talking trash.
'How can you go too far? You're trying to beat the other team. What's too far?' McHale said. 'I can tell you what, your definition of too far and my definition of too far would be completely different. I don't know what too far is.'
McHale was also respected in Philadelphia.
In 1993, while playing for the Phoenix Suns, former 76ers star Charles Barkley called McHale 'the best player I've ever played against.'
'He was unstoppable,' Barkley said, as quoted by the Chicago Tribune. 'And he was the only guy I ever thought could stop me.'
In 1993, while playing for the Phoenix Suns, former 76ers star Charles Barkley (right) called McHale (with the ball) 'the best player I've ever played against.' 'He was unstoppable, and he was the only guy I ever thought could stop me,' Barkley said, as quoted by the Chicago Tribune
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