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On this day: Dennis Johnson jersey retired; Kendrick Perkins debut; Charles Claxton, Andre Turner born; Woody Sauldsberry signed

On this day, the Celtics retired DJ’s number, Perk played his first game for them, and Charles Claxton and Andre Turner were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics raised champion point guard Dennis Johnson’s jersey to the rafters, honoring the two titles and seven seasons the San Pedro, California native played for Boston. A product of both Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine — Johnson matriculated from the former, a junior college, to the latter — the point and shooting guard was taken with the 29th overall pick of the 1976 NBA draft by the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder).

DJ — as he was often called as a nickname — would play for that team and the Phoenix Suns before being dealt to Boston in 1983, winning a title with the Sonics in 1979.

The Celtics acquired Johnson for Rick Robey and draft assets, quite a steal in retrospect.

On this day: Rick Robey extended; Andre Turner debuts

On this day in Celtics history, it was announced that Rick Robey had agreed to a new deal, and Andre Turner played his first game. for the team

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise announced in 1982 that center Frederick Robert Robey — better known to Celtics fans as Rick — extended his contract with the team for multiple years.

Robey had joined Boston’s roster in January of 1979, traded from the Indiana Pacers for small forward Billy Knight, and up to that point of his career had been something of an ironman, having missed just two games in total playing for the Celtics. An alum of the University of Kentucky, Robey was selected by the Pacers with the third overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft, the only team in the league he had played for before joining Boston.

The Celtics would eventually trade the Coral Gables native to the Phoenix Suns for legendary Boston point guard Dennis Johnson and draft assets, having averaged 8.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game with the team.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 7

Today’s installment focuses on the 20 players who wore No. 7 over the years as of September 2023.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the 20 players who wore No. 7 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Dennis Johnson jersey retired; Kendrick Perkins debut; Charles Claxton, Andre Turner born; Woody Sauldsberry signed

On this day, the Celtics retired DJ’s number, Perk played his first game for them, and Charles Claxton and Andre Turner were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics raised champion point guard Dennis Johnson’s jersey to the rafters, honoring the two titles and seven seasons the San Pedro, California native played for Boston. A product of both Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine — Johnson matriculated from the former, a junior college, to the latter — the point and shooting guard was taken with the 29th overall pick of the 1976 NBA draft by the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder).

DJ — as he was often called as a nickname — would play for that team and the Phoenix Suns before being dealt to Boston in 1983, winning a title with the Sonics in 1979.

The Celtics acquired Johnson for Rick Robey and draft assets, quite a steal in retrospect.

On this day: Rick Robey extended; Andre Turner debuts

On this day in Celtics history, it was announced that Rick Robey had agreed to a new deal, and Andre Turner played his first game. for the team

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise announced in 1982 that center Frederick Robert Robey — better known to Celtics fans as Rick — extended his contract with the team for multiple years.

Robey had joined Boston’s roster in January of 1979, traded from the Indiana Pacers for small forward Billy Knight, and up to that point of his career had been something of an ironman, having missed just two games in total playing for the Celtics. A product of the University of Kentucky, Robey was selected by the Pacers with the third overall pick of the 1978 NBA draft, the only team in the league he had played for before joining Boston.

The Celtics would eventually trade the Coral Gables native to the Phoenix Suns for legendary Boston point guard Dennis Johnson and draft assets, having averaged 8.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game with the team.

On this day: Dennis Johnson jersey retired; Kendrick Perkins debut; Charles Claxton, Andre Turner born; Woody Sauldsberry signed

On this day, the Celtics retired DJ’s number, Perk played his first game for them, and Charles Claxton and Andre Turner were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics raised champion point guard Dennis Johnson’s jersey to the rafters, honoring the two titles and seven seasons the San Pedro, California native played for Boston. A product of both Los Angeles Harbor College and Pepperdine — Johnson matriculated from the former, a junior college, to the latter — the point and shooting guard was picked up with the 29th overall pick of the 1976 NBA draft by the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder).

DJ — as he was often called as a nickname — would play for that team and the Phoenix Suns before being dealt to Boston in 1983, winning a title with the Sonics in 1979.

The Celtics acquired Johnson for Rick Robey and draft assets, quite a steal in retrospect.

On this day: former Boston Celtics point guard Andre Turner debuts

On this day, ex-Boston Celtics floor general Andre Turner played his first game for the team.

On this day in 1986, point guard Andre Devalle Turner — sometimes called the Little General, standing at 5-foot-11 — made his debut with the Boston Celtics.

Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 69th pick of the 1986 NBA draft, Turner would be waived by Boston’s ancient rival, only to sign with the Celtics as a free agent a few days later.

Turner would only play three games of his career with Boston, the first of which was a bit of dud.

The Memphis product scored 2 points, a board and an assist in his inaugural game in the league, a 124 – 116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

He would shoot 1-of-3 from the floor (including a single missed 3-point attempt) with 3 turnovers and no fouls in 11 minutes of playing time.

His tenure with the Celtics would only last another two games and as many weeks before he would be waived by the team on the 25th of this month.

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