#TBT to Curtis Rowe and Sidney Wicks with the @celtics in the late 70s.#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/G6LIfbPw6j
— UCLA Men’s Basketball (@UCLAMBB) April 13, 2017
Former Boston power forward Curtis Rowe was also born on this date in Bessemer, Alabama in 1949.
Rowe played his college ball with UCLA under John Wooden and was drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the 11th overall pick of the 1971 NBA draft.
He would come to Boston in a trade that sent Paul Silas to the Denver Nuggets, and play three seasons for the Celtics between 1976 and 1979. The Alabamian averaged 8 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game over that stretch.