{"id":566,"date":"2026-05-17T20:35:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=566"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T20:35:57","slug":"driving-red-auerbach-mourning-len-bias-protecting-larry-bird-and-other-behind-the-scenes-stories-from-a-celtics-lifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=566","title":{"rendered":"Driving Red Auerbach, mourning Len Bias, protecting Larry Bird, and other behind-the-scenes stories from a Celtics lifer"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Jeff Twiss landed an internship with the Celtics during his senior year at the University of Vermont in 1976, and has mostly been with the franchise ever since. This weekend the team\u2019s longtime public relations director will receive the Basketball Hall of Fame\u2019s John Bunn Award, its most prestigious honor outside of enshrinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=564\">This Harvard-educated engineer is trying to keep girls from quitting sports. She\u2019s starting by redesigning the sports bra.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss has witnessed five NBA championships, worked with countless Hall of Famers, and served as Red Auerbach\u2019s personal driver and right-hand man. In a recent interview with the Globe, Twiss shared behind-the-scenes stories \u2014 from his afternoon with Len Bias a day before his death to a sticky situation with Larry Bird in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Gone fishin\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Celtics held training camp at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay when Twiss arrived for his internship in the fall of 1976, working under public relations czar Howie McHugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When camp opened, though, Twiss noticed that some players were missing, namely star forwards John Havlicek and Paul Silas. Silas was holding out while seeking a new contract. One day, Twiss overheard an agitated Auerbach on the phone in a nearby office.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cRed\u2019s screaming, \u2018I\u2019m not paying Silas any more than I\u2019m paying Havlicek!\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe was fired up, but back then Red got fired up about everything. But he\u2019s screaming, \u2018I\u2019m not paying!\u2019 And then he slammed the phone down. Soon after that, Silas was traded to Denver. And I said, \u2018Wow, I guess this is what pro sports is all about.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss said that when reporters asked McHugh about Havlicek, who had just won his eighth NBA title, he simply said he\u2019d be back soon. But Twiss learned the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI go outside and there\u2019s a canal leading toward the bay,\u201d he said. \u201cI look out and see two people standing over the bank, and I get closer and see it\u2019s Howie and Havlicek fishing in the canal. Havlicek spent almost every day of camp fishing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Red\u2019s way<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Twiss worked as a physical education teacher at Randolph Union High School in Vermont after graduating, but could not stop thinking about the Celtics. After 2\u00bd years he enrolled in a sports management graduate program at UMass Amherst that led to another Celtics internship in 1981. One of Twiss\u2019s primary responsibilities was serving as Auerbach\u2019s chauffeur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGod bless Red, I love him dearly,\u201d Twiss said, chuckling. \u201cBut he was a brutal driver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The two were driving back from a preseason game in Providence in October 1981, when Auerbach asked Twiss if he wanted a full-time job with the franchise. Twiss said that he did, and Auerbach told him to meet him at his office at 9 a.m. on Monday. Twiss arrived at 8:30, wearing his best wool suit. Auerbach sauntered in unbothered closer to 9:30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe said, \u2018All right, here\u2019s what we\u2019re gonna do. Two tickets, company car, $10,500 [a year]. Take it or leave it.\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cI stood up, shook his hand, and said I was happy to be with him. And he said, \u2018Good, now get your [butt] out of the office and go to work.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss was an administrative assistant, tasked with everything from unloading equipment to transporting the franchise\u2019s key figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When the Celtics played Friday night home games, Twiss would pick up Auerbach at his Copley Square apartment at 6:15 the next morning and take him to Logan Airport so he could fly home to Washington for the weekend. Twiss also was there to pick up Auerbach when he returned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAfter a couple of years, he said to me, \u2018Do you know why [you drive me]?\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cI said no. He said, \u2018First of all, you\u2019re a pretty good kid. But second of all, I hate taxis. Getting into the back of a taxi, Christ, I feel like a sardine. Plus, you\u2019re easier to talk to than a cab driver. They always chew my ear off.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>The loss of Len Bias<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>On June 17, 1986, the Celtics drafted Maryland star Len Bias second overall. When he arrived in Boston a day later, Twiss helped him get acclimated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bias visited Reebok headquarters to discuss a shoe deal, and later that night he and Twiss went to the Blades and Boards Club restaurant in Boston Garden, where Bias completed one-on-one interviews with local television stations before a flight back home to Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI remember shaking Lenny\u2019s hand and I said, \u2018It was a pleasure working with you today. We\u2019ll have some fun times, man. See you later,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cAnd that was it. That was the one hour of my life I ever talked with Len Bias.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The next day Bias, 22, died of a heart attack caused by a cocaine overdose. Twiss, who was then the team\u2019s public relations director, went to Auerbach to determine the franchise\u2019s response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI walked into his office and he\u2019s sitting there by himself smoking a cigar and he goes, \u2018Sit down,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cWe both sat there for almost a half-hour and didn\u2019t say a word. Finally, he says, \u2018I should probably put out a statement and be available, huh?\u2019 I said, \u2018Coach, they\u2019ll all want to talk to you. You were instrumental in scouting and knowing Lenny. We might want to do something when you\u2019re ready for it.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>About an hour later, Auerbach met with reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was tough for him, but he was ironclad in that regard,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe could somehow process it and keep the emotional part away and concentrate on what Lenny could have been, what he saw in his eyes. He was very even keel and matter of fact. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c \u2018Here\u2019s what I saw in the kid, here\u2019s what he gave to us. But now we\u2019ve lost him.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>A Bird threat<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Bird had a strong connection to McHugh, the PR director who had been with the Celtics for 33 years when Bird was drafted in 1979.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen I came along, I said, \u2018Larry, I\u2019m not Howie. I\u2019m just some hick from Vermont,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe said, \u2018Yeah, well, I\u2019m a hick from French Lick.\u2019 So, we hit it off, and I think the more he trusted me the more our bond strengthened.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Journalists from all over the country sought an audience with Bird. Twiss was tasked with filtering them. He would check with NBA sources and other team PR departments to determine whether a reporter was likely to be fair to Bird.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=562\">Ranking the Patriots position groups from least to most concerning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMost of the time, thank God, I was right,\u201d Twiss said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sometimes, Twiss was responsible for protecting Bird in more unusual ways. During an NBA Finals game against the Lakers in Los Angeles, Twiss was summoned to a quiet area of the Forum by an arena security official and told that Bird was the subject of a death threat. Twiss quickly informed Auerbach and general manager Jan Volk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRed looks at me and goes, \u2018Eh, I used to get that all the time. To hell with it,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cTypical Red.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss also debriefed coach K.C. Jones, and soon after that he saw Jones explaining the situation to Bird, who nodded as he digested the news. Within minutes, Bird walked over to Twiss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe thinks about it a bit and turns to me and says, \u2018Where are ya sittin\u2019?\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cI said, \u2018Right behind you on the bench.\u2019 He said, \u2018That\u2019s what I thought. Well, if anyone tries to get me, they\u2019re gonna hit you first.\u2019 Then he turned and walked onto the court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Reggie Lewis and his giving side<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>On July 27, 1993, Twiss rushed to Waltham-Weston Hospital when Celtics star Reggie Lewis was taken there after collapsing during an offseason workout at Brandeis University. Twiss was in a room with Celtics Rick Fox and Dee Brown when they learned that Lewis had died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe all started crying,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cIt was terrible. It was cruel to take a life that young, vibrant, generous, and humble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss said it was ironic that Lewis died from a heart condition, because his heart was as big as they came. The Northeastern graduate was proud of being a fixture in the Boston community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe never said no,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe was always generous to whoever it was, whatever the cause or need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss recalled a Thanksgiving turkey giveaway that Lewis organized at Northeastern. He cautioned Lewis that if no limits were set, the crowd could become overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd he didn\u2019t bat an eye,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe said, \u2018If we run out of food we\u2019ll get more; we\u2019re here to help whoever needs it.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Connecting Pierce and Doc<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Paul Pierce had made three consecutive All-Star teams and led the Celtics to one conference finals appearance before Doc Rivers was hired as coach in 2004. Pierce was confident in his role as one of the NBA\u2019s rising stars, but Rivers was equally confident in his ability to help the team take another step. Twiss became the mediator between old and new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSometimes I was in the middle of it, and Paul would come to me and say, \u2018Man, Doc just doesn\u2019t understand,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cOr Doc would say to me, \u2018Geez, can you talk to Paul? He\u2019s got to start doing this or that more.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss said Pierce initially viewed Rivers as a threat rather than a valuable resource. But he willingly relayed their messages to help bridge the early gap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI just kind of listened to them,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cI remember telling Paul, \u2018Talk to Doc about it.\u2019 And he\u2019d say, \u2018Nah, Doc won\u2019t listen.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So, Twiss would emphasize Pierce\u2019s strengths to Rivers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDoc would say, \u2018Yep, I understand, but I want him to do this,\u2019 \u201d Twiss said. \u201cSo I\u2019d go back and say to Paul, \u2018Here\u2019s what Doc wants you to try.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before long, Pierce and Rivers had opened their own efficient lines of communication. And in 2008, with the help of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics captured the NBA title that had eluded them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Classic Cousy<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Twiss is now the Celtics\u2019 vice president of alumni relations, and there is no Celtics alumnus more prominent than Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss said their friendship began to blossom about 25 years ago when he and longtime Celtics play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman joined Cousy at a golf tournament at his home course, Worcester Country Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the years, Twiss has sent Cousy Celtics paraphernalia and checked in often. The two spoke last month for Cousy\u2019s 97th birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe\u2019s a comforting person to know,\u201d Twiss said, \u201cand a real trusting soul.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Celtics legend Bob Cousy talks turning 97, the Green without Jayson Tatum, Caitlin Clark and the WNBA, and other thoughts<\/div>\n<p><span>Last summer, Twiss and Celtics lead governor Wyc Grousbeck drove to Cousy\u2019s home in Worcester and presented him with a 2024 NBA championship ring. But they wanted him to be part of more pomp and circumstance, so they also invited him to opening night against the Knicks, when Banner 18 was raised to the rafters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Twiss was asked to guide Cousy through the pregame ceremony, including pushing his wheelchair on the court for the banner raising. Twiss said he was surprisingly nervous as he prepared to maneuver one of the NBA\u2019s all-time greats onto the parquet floor in front of 20,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThen Cous, in his way, looks back at me from the seat of the wheelchair,\u201d Twiss said. \u201cHe just says, \u2018Don\u2019t [expletive] this up.\u2019 That just broke me down laughing. OK, now I\u2019m relaxed. 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