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On this day: Gamble, Hamer, Stump born; Mariaschin, Ehlers debut; Duerod passes

On this day in Celtics history, Kevin Gamble, Steve Hamer, and Gene Stump were born, Saul Mariaschin debuted, and Terry Duerod left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Kevin Douglas Gamble was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1965. A product of the University of Iowa, Gamble was drafted 63rd overall (there were many more rounds to the draft in that era) in the 1987 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

He would play for that team briefly before spending time playing for teams in the Continental Basketball Association (an analog to today’s G League), the Philippine Basketball Association, and the World Basketball League. In December of 1988, Gamble got picked up by the Celtics to help cover for an injured Larry Bird and managed to parlay the opportunity into increasingly important roles, eventually becoming a starter by the 1990-91 season.

He would play for Boston for a total of six seasons, averaging 11.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with the team.

Who are the 10 WORST draft picks in Boston Celtics history?

Plenty of ink has been spilled about the worst draft picks made by the Celtics — this is our view.

Plenty of ink has been spilled about the best draft picks made by the Boston Celtics, and more than a few Monday morning quarterbacks have dissected the selections made by a given Celtics GM over the decades. Our task here is to make a case for the latter, but also doing it while avoiding the usual use of hindsight that tends to use contemporary knowledge of how the players who were drafted later turned out.

While the urge to use that awareness is strong, often there are too many factors to consider to blame the front office for not knowing how other prospects were going to pan out. Another criterion is that we are only focusing on players taken in the modern lottery range of picks 1 through 14; it’s rare to find high-value players outside that range.

So, with that in mind, what were the 10 worst draft picks in Celtics history?

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 14

Today’s installment focuses on the four players who wore No. 14 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 four players who wore No. 14 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Tatum, Zizic signed; Ehlers, Hewson, Stump drafted

On this day in 2017, the Boston Celtics signed All-Star swingman Jayson Tatum and center Ante Zizic to multi-year contracts.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, All-Star small forward Jayson Tatum was signed to the team for a rookie scale, four-year, $30,073,320 contract in 2017. Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft.

That pick was acquired by President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge by trading back from the first overall pick of the draft with the Philadelphia 76ers in one of the better trades of his career at the helm of the team he won two titles with as a player. A product of the Duke Blue Devils, Tatum has since played four full seasons with Boston.

Thus far, among many other honors, he has already won the first-ever awarded Larry Bird NBC Eastern Conference Finals Most Valuable Player trophy, four elections to an All-Star game, and earned All-NBA honors three times, including All-NBA in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

On this day: Last game before pandemic pause; Murphy, Ehlers born

On this day, Boston played their last game for months as the pandemic interrupted the season, and a pair of Celtics O.G.s were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, there were three games of note where Boston stars had an outstanding game played by the Celtics in the last 30 years.

The first of the trio of contests was a 111-109 overtime road win over the Portland Trail Blazers in 1991 that saw Hall of Fame Celtics small forward Larry Bird put up 27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, and a steal to help Boston secure the win. Larry Legend wasn’t especially efficient overall, going 9-of-23 overall, but he shot 2-of-5 from beyond the arc and a perfect 7-of-7 from the free-throw line in 52 total minutes of floor time.

“I would love to have a situation in which we play Portland again this year,” Celtics head coach Chris Ford said at the time via the UPI. “That would mean we’d both be in the finals. I would love it to happen.”

On this day: Gamble, Hamer, Stump born; Mariaschin, Ehlers debut; Duerod passes

On this day in Celtics history, Kevin Gamble, Steve Hamer, and Gene Stump were born, Saul Mariaschin debuted, and Terry Duerod left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Kevin Douglas Gamble was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1965. A product of the University of Iowa, Gamble was drafted 63rd overall (there were many more rounds to the draft in that era) in the 1987 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.

He would play for that team briefly before spending time playing for teams in the Continental Basketball Association (an analog to today’s G League), the Philippine Basketball Association, and the World Basketball League. In December of 1988, Gamble got picked up by the Celtics to help cover for an injured Larry Bird and managed to parlay the opportunity into increasingly important roles, eventually becoming a starter by the 1990-91 season.

He would play for Boston for a total of six seasons, averaging 11.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with the team.

On this day: Tatum, Zizic signed; Ehlers, Hewson, Stump drafted

On this day in 2017, the Boston Celtics signed All-Star swingman Jayson Tatum and center Ante Zizic to multi-year contracts.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, All-Star small forward Jayson Tatum was signed to the team for a rookie scale, four-year, $30,073,320 contract in 2017. Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft.

That pick was acquired by President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge by trading back from the first overall pick of the draft with the Philadelphia 76ers in one of the better trades of his career at the helm of the team he won two titles with as a player. A product of the Duke Blue Devils, Tatum has since played four full seasons with Boston.

Thus far, among many other honors, he has already won the first-ever awarded Larry Bird NBC Eastern Conference Finals Most Valuable Player trophy, three elections to an All-Star game, and earned All-NBA honors twice, including All-NBA in 2021-22.

On this day: Tatum, Zizic signed; Ehlers, Hewson, Stump drafted

On this day in 2017, the Boston Celtics signed All-Star swingman Jayson Tatum and center Ante Zizic to multi-year contracts.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, All-Star small forward Jayson Tatum was signed to the team for a rookie scale, four-year, $30,073,320 contract in 2017. Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft.

That pick was acquired by President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge by trading back from the first overall pick of the draft with the Philadelphia 76ers in one of the better trades of his career at the helm of the team he won two titles with as a player. A product of the Duke Blue Devils, Tatum has since played four full seasons with Boston.

Thus far, he has already won his two elections to an All-Star game, and earned All-NBA honors.

On this day: Tatum, Zizic signed; Ehlers, Hewson, Stump drafted

On this day in 2017, the Boston Celtics signed All-Star swingman Jayson Tatum and center Ante Zizic to multi-year contracts.

On this day in 2017, Boston Celtics All-Star shooting guard Jayson Tatum was signed to the team for a rookie scale, four-year, $30,073,320 contract.

Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, acquired by team president Danny Ainge by trading back from the first overall pick of the draft with the Philadelphia 76ers in one of the better trades of his career.

A product of the Duke Blue Devils, Tatum has since played two full seasons with Boston and nearly so his third, in which he won his first election to an All-Star game.

He has averaged 17.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists over his career with the Celtics.

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