Steve Kuberski
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Stephen Phil Kuberski (born November 6, 1947 in Moline, Illinois
Moline, Illinois
Moline is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 45,792 in 2010. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa. The Quad Cities has a population of...

) is an American former professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player in the NBA. Kuberski played nine NBA seasons for the Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

, Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....

, and Buffalo Braves
Los Angeles Clippers
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, averaging 3.8 rebounds and 5.5 points per game. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kuberst01.html. Kuberski won two NBA titles with the Celtics, in 1973-74 and 1975-76. His greater claim to fame though, is being the last Celtic to wear number 33 before Larry Bird
Larry Bird
Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish...

.

Kuberski played high school basketball at Moline High School
Moline High School
Moline High School, or Moline, is a public four-year high school located in Moline, Illinois, a city in Rock Island County, in the United States...

 where he led the Maroons to the Elite Eight in the 1965 season.

Kuberski now owns his own company in the New England area, making lockers for schools and warehouse products.http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/05/10/deja_steve/.
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