After more than seven decades of experience and more championships than any other team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics have piled up a lot of great point guards over the years.
But who are the best of the greatest floor generals in the history of the franchise?
It’s possible to define “greatest” in many ways, but for the purposes of this exercise, we are restricting it exclusively to the accomplishments of a given point guard to what they did as a Celtic.
So if you are puzzled as to the exclusion of a Gary Payton, for example, while he’s undoubtedly among the most accomplished point guards in Celtics history, most of his accolades came while with other franchises.
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Longevity, consistency and context matter too, so a player who had a long career with only a few banners but a big role in those they did win might be ranked higher than someone who has more rings, but perhaps played less a role in winning them.
So, with that said — who are the greatest point guards in Boston’s history?