Having arrived at the sixth edition of our ranking of every Boston Celtics draft pick by the number they were drafted at Nos. 1 through 60, we arrive at No. 53, which the franchise has selected at seven times in their 70 year history.
The picks made at this number began in 1963 and continued until 2017, the most recent draft Boston selected 53rd overall.
As one might be expected in this late position in the draft, there are no stars to speak of. But there are two NBA champions to speak of, and a few faces that might be familiar to comparatively recent fans of the Celtics.
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As has been the case for all installments in this series, we use a rubric which values their achievements with Boston primarily, with their successes before and after their selection being used to rank players if the differences in green and white are small — or nonexistent.
With those details attended to, who are the best players selected 53rd overall by the Boston Celtics?