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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 5

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 5 jersey for at least one game as of September 2022.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the 21 players who wore No. 5 over the years as of September 2022.

New Celtics-inspired Air Jordan 1s to be released in summer 2023

Nike is expected to release a Celtics-inspired pair of Air Jordan 1s in summer 2023.

The world’s most popular sneaker brand Nike is set to offer a new Boston Celtics-inspired re-release of the iconic Air Jordan 1 sneakers in the summer of 2023 according to the site SneakerHeadz. This news comes shortly after an announced collaboration with Jordan Brand and star Boston forward Jayson Tatum to release the St. Louis native’s first signature shoe line.

The Celtics’inflected Air Jordan 1 sneakers will feature the iconic white and green colorways of the Celtics with striking black Nike swooshes and uppers. The shoes will reportedly retail for $180 USD. The sneakers are meant to be a nod to Michael Jordan’s 63-point game against the Celtics in the 1986 NBA playoffs.

The otherworldly performance from a young MJ led to Boston icon’s Larry Bird’s immortal quip, “that was God disguised as Michael Jordan.”

Ahead of Friday release, Boston Celtics see several players with changed NBA 2K ratings

Ahead of the release of the next iteration of the NBA 2K series, the Boston Celtics have seen a number of individual player ratings change; are they accurate?

While the game — and its official player ratings at the start of the 2022-23 NBA season — does not drop until Friday, September 9, the creators of NBA 2K23 have leaked a number of team and player ratings including the Boston Celtics ahead of the game’s release at the end of the week.

And since it is becoming a September tradition to gripe about 2K ratings adjustments, we thought we’d share with you the ratings that have changed since the start of the summer to kick off your own Salty September. festivities, as we are dubbing it (feel free to give us better suggestions).

Let’s take a look at which player’s ratings have changed, and in which direction.

New NBA2K leaks place Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum in tie for 5th-highest in game

While one might quibble about where Tatum is with regards to some of his peers in the league, it seems that the folks behind the popular game have gotten the Celtics star’s assessment correct for the most part.

Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum finds himself among the top 11 players (due to ties) in the NBA in the recently-leaked ratings of the league’s top players in the latest ratings update from NBA2K. The St. Louis native finds himself with a new ranking of 93 — up from 90 — for this latest round of updates, good enough for a tie for the fifth-best rating in the latest iteration of the popular NBA basketball simulation game.

Tatum was behind first-place the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (97 overall), a five-way tie for second at 96 overall for the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant, and Los Angeles Lakers’ Lebron James. He was also ranked behind the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic alone with a 95 rating, and Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard with a 94.

The Duke product is tied at 93 with the Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant and Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler.

While one might quibble about where Tatum is with regards to some of his peers in the league, it seems that the folks behind the popular game have gotten the Celtics star’s assessment correct for the most part this far into his career.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

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Star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum’s new NBA2K rating leaked

It took a significant leap, but was it the right amount?

With the new set of NBA2K ratings set to drop this Friday, fans of the NBA basketball simulation franchise and the sport more broadly are already starting to brace themselves for the inevitable griping and excitement surrounding the annual ratings release.

And the NBA2K franchise is already sparking such griping by leaking some of the top players in the league’s rankings for the start of the 2022-23 NBA season. One of those players is superstar Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum, who has been bumped up to a 93 overall rating by the gaming organization per a recent tweet.

Is the St. Louis native properly assessed here by NBA2K? Should it be higher? Lower? Let us know in the Twitter quiz we have embedded below, but be quick — it ends with final results in less than eight hours!

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Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

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NBA 2K23 releases Boston Celtics, league-wide team ratings update

The team’s best player is, unsurprisingly, star forward Jayson Tatum.

The folks over at NBA 2K23 just released updated full team ratings, and the Boston Celtics were unsurprisingly designated as one of the league’s Tier 1 teams as a likely contender heading into the looming 2022-23 NBA season. In terms of overall ranking, the Celtics garnered an 82, just below the Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns and Philadelphia 76ers, and tied with the Golden State Warriors, Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks,and Chicago Bulls.

Boston was rated just 74 on inside scoring, a total of 83 in outside scoring, an 82 on the club’s athleticism, a 78 for playmaking (fourth best overall in the NBA), a 70 in defense (league-best), a lowly 56 in rebounding, 77 for intangibles and an 84 in potential.

The team’s best player is, unsurprisingly, star forward Jayson Tatum with a 90 overall rating attached to his player profile.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 0

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 0 jersey for at least one game as of September 2022.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the six players who wore No. 0 over the years as of September 2022.

Jordan Brand to release signature shoe for Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum

The kicks are set to drop in summer 2023 and come in three colorways.

We don’t yet know what they look like, but star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is getting his own signature Jordan Brand shoe line in three colorways sometime in the summer of 2023 according to new reporting from Sole Retriever’s Nicholas Vlahos.

The three colorways only have names for now, but given they have been granted their current sobriquets for things dear to the Celtics star’s heart, we can use our imaginations until the actual product drops next year. Officially dubbed (at least for now) the Jordan Tatum 1, the shoe’s trio of colorways are to be named “Zoo,” St. Louis,” and “Pink Lemonade”.

The shoe will be available for purchase upon its release next summer at Nike and select Jordan Brand retailers in-store and online and will be available to the entire family in terms of sizing.

The current estimate of the retail price for Tatum’s signature sneaker is $120.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

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In between jokes and Nelly halftime shows, Boston’s Jayson Tatum balances relishing the moment and preparing for the next

Winning an NBA title is serious business, but not so serious one can’t have some fun on the way to the top.

The NBA Finals are a different beast than not only a regular-season contest for the Boston Celtics but even a playoff series at a lower level of the postseason. Media attention, bi-coastal travel, celebrity appearances, and a media crush unlike almost anything else in sports.

Asked if the experience of his first Finals game at home felt different with Celtics luminaries like Paul Pierce in attendance, Boston All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum joked a bit with the press. “Paul Pierce? We had Nelly — we had Nelly in the building,” he said to a peel of laughter rippling through the crowd of reporters. ” St. Louis was in the house.”

“It’s tough because there is so much media attention,” added Tatum. “The routines are different. We’re practicing at the Garden and things like that.”

“So in those moments, it’s like, this is a lot, this is the Finals, it’s big. But at the same time you want to keep that same focus of we’ve got a game on Friday, we’ve got to lock in,” suggested the St. Louis native.

“When you walk in the Garden and it’s already filled while you’re warming up, you definitely notice a different energy. But you can’t get too caught up in that; it’s still basketball, it’s still a game. We’re just trying to win one at a time.”

Asked how it felt to have Nelly performing at the halftime show wearing his jersey, Tatum smirked and pointed out that St. Louis was a small city, and that his parents knew him since high school.

“Nelly is arguably like the most famous guy from St. Louis,” he grinned, “until I catch up.”

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!

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New Jayson Tatum Air Jordan “Taco Jays” coming to a store near you soon

The Celtics star’s personal editions from a few years ago will soon be available to the masses.

Evidently, they don’t call him “Taco Jay” for no reason. Boston Celtics superstar forward Jayson Tatum has a pair of shoes to reflect the key visual elements of one of his favorite foods and the inspiration of his nickname, an Air Jordan 36 Nitro “Taco Jay” sneaker designed to pay homage to the Americanized iteration of the popular Mexican staple dish in question.

According to Nice Kick’s Joey Park, the new sneaker in question is a reboot of a Tatum personal edition sneaker already released a few years ago, and should be available for you to pick up (if taco-themed kicks are your jam) in a few more weeks on June 17. “The sneaker uses a Citron Pulse upper that is made of leno-weave which makes the upper durable and breathable with the same hue in suede making up the upper half of the sneaker,” writes Park.

“Green and orange accenting is seen throughout, with Tatum’s Taco logo on the lace pocket and insole. Taco Jay is seen on the heel pulltab with the tongue and tongue pulltab seen in green suede to mimic lettuce on a taco.”

For us at least, it meets the level of “so garish it’s actually great,” but we understand if this unusual sneaker is a bit heavy on the eye holes with this extremely vocal colorway.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!

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