Ranking every No. 53 pick made in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics

Our fifth installment of ranking every pick from Nos. 1 to 60, we compare the five picks the Boston Celtics have made 53rd overall.

No. 6: Vincent Ernst – guard – Providence College

One of the first players out of PC to be drafted into the NBA, Ernst and the Friars won two NIT titles during his time with Providence, and Ernst even won NIT Most Valuable Player in 1961.

Providence College Athletics

He didn’t make Boston’s final roster the summer after being drafted, though he did represent the U.S. in the 1963 Pan-American Games, and a few seasons in the Eastern Professional Basketball League before hanging it up for good in 1969.