On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Frankie Sanders signed with the team as a free agent after having been cut by the team that drafted him that very year.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, Sanders played his college ball at Southern University and then later transferred to A&M College, from which he was picked up by the San Antonio Spurs with the 20th overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft. He would play a mere 22 games for that club before getting in trouble with drugs and nightlife, finding the NBA much more challenging to function in than at the collegiate level.
There, his handlers looked out for him at every step of the way.