October 5

From Hoopedia

Bob Cousy was the first pro basketball player to be featured on a Sports Illustated cover.

• 1950 - (Right) Drawing lots out of a hat for three members of the defunct Chicago Stags franchise, Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown and coach Red Auerbach thought they ended up the booby prize: Bob Cousy. Cousy would lead the Celts to six NBA Championships.

• 1993 - Grant Hill is born in Dallas, Texas.

• 1993 - Larry Johnson signs a 12-year, $84-million contract extension, the most lucrative deal in NBA history.

• 1997 - Kevin Garnett signs the most lucrative deal in NBA history, a six-year, $125 million dollar deal with Minnesota Timberwolves.