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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 18

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 18 jersey for at least one game.

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 seven players who wore No. 18 over the years.

On this day: Howell/Counts trade; Seminoff, Gomes born; Cs beat Raps in Game 2 of Disney bubble 2nd round

On this day, the Boston Celtics traded Bailey Howell for Mel Counts, former Celtics Jm Seminoff and Ryan Gomes were born, and the team beat the Raps in the bubble.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise traded for big man Bailey Howell, sending center Mel Counts to the (then) Baltimore Bullets (now, Washington Wizards).

Counts, who played collegiately at Oregon State, was drafted by the Celtics with the seventh pick of the 1964 NBA draft. He won a title in each of his two seasons with Boston while averaging 6.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.

Howell had played for Mississippi State collegiately and had been drafted by the Detroit Pistons, playing there before his stint with the Bullets. The Tennessee native played four seasons as a Celtic, part of an eventual Hall of Fame career in the NBA.

He won two titles with Boston, logging 18 points and 8.4 boards per contest over his four seasons as a Celtic.

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On this day: Celtics forward Bailey Howell, center Patrick O’Bryant born

On this day in Celtics history, champion forward Bailey Howard was born, as was center Patrick O’Bryant.

On this day in 1937, Celtic champion small forward Bailey Howard  was born in Middleton, Tennessee.

Howell, who played for the Celts for four seasons between 1966 and 1970, was drafted by the Detroit Pistons second in the 1959 NBA draft after playing his college ball at Mississippi State. He remained with the Pistons for five seasons until he was traded to the Baltimore Bullets along with Bobby Ferry, Les Hunter, Wali Jones and Don Ohl for for Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis and Rod Thorn. He would later come to Boston after being traded for in exchange for Mel Counts in September 1966.

 

On this day: Howell, Siegfried and Bryant lost in ’70 expansion draft

The Boston Celtics lost Bailey Howell, Em Bryant and Larry Siegfried in the 1970 Expansion draft held today in that year.

On this day, the Boston Celtics lost three players to the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft.

The draft — the fifth expansion draft in league history — was held to populate the rosters of three new teams joining the NBA, the Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Portland Trail Blazers.

Former Celtics point guard Emmette “Em” Bryant would be drafted by the Braves after just two seasons with Boston between 1968 and 1970, with whom he won a championship in 1969.

The Chicago native holds the distinction of being one of the only players in NBA history to have been selected in multiple expansion drafts after having been selected from the New York Knicks by the Phoenix Suns in the 1968 expansion draft as well.

Bryant averaged 6.7 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.7 in his two seasons with Boston.

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