Gerald Henderson Autographs
Jerome McKinley "Gerald" Henderson Sr. (born January 16, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a combo guard who had a 13-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1979 until 1992. He played for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, and Houston Rockets. Henderson was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended Virginia Commonwealth University.
Henderson is best known for his steal of a James Worthy pass to score a game-tying layup in Game 2 of the 1984 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics eventually prevailed in overtime. In a post-game interview, Henderson said that "For a minute I could hear Johnny Most going, 'Henderson steals the ball!'", in reference to Most's famous call of John Havlicek's steal in the 1965 Eastern Conference finals. Most's actual words were "It goes quickly in now to Magic, back over to Worthy, and it's picked off! Goes to Henderson, he lays it up and in! It's all tied up! A great play by Henderson!"
In the fall of 1984, Henderson was traded to Seattle for the Sonics' first-round pick in 1986, which the Celtics would use to draft Len Bias. He then played for the New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks in a three-year span before joining the Detroit Pistons before the 1989–90 season. In Game 4 of that year's NBA Finals, with the Pistons holding a one-point lead over the Trail Blazers, Henderson made a fast-break layup with just over a second to play to push the lead to three points instead of dribbling out the clock. The decision nearly backfired when Portland's Danny Young appeared to make a game-tying desperation three-pointer, but the officials correctly ruled that Young's shot was released just after the buzzer. The Pistons took a 3–1 series lead and won the next game to give Henderson his third NBA championship.
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Current items with a signature of Gerald Henderson
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Traded items with a signature of Gerald Henderson
The most expensive item with a signature of Gerald Henderson (1986 1986-87 Fleer Gerald Henderson Signed Card BGS 8.5 JSA 10 Auto Sonics VCU) was sold in January 2013 for $299.00 while the cheapest item (2016/17 NBA Hoops Basketball GERALD HENDERSON HOT SIGNATURES Autograph -76ers-) found a new owner for $0.01 in December 2022. The month with the most items sold (20) was November 2025 with an average selling price of $5.99 for an autographed item of Gerald Henderson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2013 with $299.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was August 2016. In average, an autographed item from Gerald Henderson is worth $6.79.
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Latest News about Gerald Henderson
On this day: Henderson stole the ball; Russell, Bonham, Robinson born (05/31/2023): On this day, point guard Gerald Henderson stole the ball to secure a critical Game 2 win vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1984 NBA Finals. 
On this day: Celtic Gerald Henderson born; Knight-Robey trade (01/16/2023): On this day in Celtics history, champion point guard Gerald Henderson was born, and Boston traded Billy Knight for Rick Robey. NBA’s great clutch plays video features several Boston Celtics wins (09/02/2022): Who can forget Johnny Most losing his mind over the time when Havlicek stole the ball, or when Gerald Henderson did much the same many years later?
