On this day: Banner 17 won; Bias drafted; Jones, Ray born

On this day, the Boston Celtics won their 17th banner, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals.

It is also the birthday of former Celtic forward Popeye Jones, who was born in 1970 in Dresden, Tennessee.

Jones came to Boston in a trade from the Toronto Raptors with Kenny Anderson and Žan Tabak to Boston for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, Roy Rogers and John Thomas, and would play just 18 games for the Celtics.

He averaged 3 points and 2.9 rebounds over that stretch before being dealt with Ron Mercer and Dwayne Schintzius to the Denver Nuggets for Danny Fortson, Eric Washington, Eric Williams and draft considerations.