Hailing from Hibbing, Minnesota, McHale attended Minnesota before entering the NBA in 1980 when Red Auerbach pulled off a ...
For McHale, Bird and Parish were great teammates but not necessarily friends.
Charles Barkley was surely a game-changer when it came to the power forward position. No doubt, the Alabama native was undersized to play at No. 4, but he had complete faith in his abilities.