Ranking the top five small forwards in Boston Celtics history

With a history full of luminaries on the wing, who are the best Boston Celtics small forwards of all time?

No. 5 All-Time – Don Nelson (1965-76)

A late-comer to the 1960s dynasty, Nelson may have played a lesser role than than some on this list on his championship teams, but with five of them, he also built a lot of equity.

Ramsey was never a major part of Boston’s offense, and while he did have key moments in banner-hanging playoff series, his comparatively minor role to some of the greats he played with — Bill Russell, Sam Jones, and Satch Sanders, among others — is good enough for fifth-best all-time as a small forward.

The eventual Hall-of-Famer averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in nine seasons as a Celtic.