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On this day: Marcus Smart, Marcus Banks, Darren Tillis, Carlos Clark debut; Fournier born

On this day in Celtics history, Marcus Smart, Marcus Banks, Darren Tillis, Carlos Clark debut, and Evan Fournier was born

On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran guard Marcus Smart made his debut for the team in a 121-105 win for the team. It came fittingly against the Brooklyn Nets, with whose pick the Celtics had used to draft the Flower Mound, Texas native out of Oklahoma State in the draft held earlier that summer.

The former Cowboy played just under 28 minutes in the win — a considerable stretch for a rookie at any point, never mind a debut performance. The Texan scored 10 points on 7-of-3 shooting, including going 1-for-4 from beyond the arc in a foreshadowing of his first few seasons with the team, and pulled down 2 rebounds, and as many assists.

Smart also nabbed an impressive 4 steals that foreshadowed his future with the team as a defensive specialist.

On this day: Stevens born; Brooks, McCarty trades; Timelord, Sam Jones, Tom Sanders debuts; Murphy passes

On this date, team president Brad Stevens was born, Scott Brooks and Walter McCarty were traded to the team and a number of Celtics made their debuts.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, current Boston Celtics team president Brad Stevens was born in Zionsville, Indiana in 1976. Stevens played collegiately for DePauw University while earning a degree in economics, earning Academic All-America honors three times and the All-Conference team as many times as well.

Stevens spent some time working as a pharmacy representative after college, then moved into coaching as a volunteer assistant with the Butler University men’s basketball program. It got him the job as a full-time assistant coach the next season, and he would be promoted to head coach of the Bulldogs in 2007.

Stevens quickly garnered national attention for the work he was doing at Butler, breaking the NCAA record for wins by a coach in their first three seasons while making the NCAA title game two seasons running in 2010 and 2011.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 40

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 40 over the years as of Aug. 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 11 players who wore No. 40 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Clark, Doll born; Harangody, Davis signed; Wallace, Dragic cut; Smith, Cohen pass

On this day, Bob Doll and Carlos Clark were born, Glen Davis and Luke Harangody signed, Rasheed Wallace and Zoran Dragic were cut, and Derek Smith and Alan N. Cohen passed.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Bob Doll was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Playing both the center and power forward positions, Doll played his collegiate basketball for the University of Colorado, with which he won the Most Valuable Player award for the National Invitational Tournament in 1940.

Doll played several years in the Amateur Athletic Union after college before joining the (now defunct) St. Louis Bombers, for whom he played two seasons. He signed with the Celtics as a free agent in 1948, playing two seasons for the club.

The 6-foot-5 Coloradan averaged 7.3 points and 2.4 assists per game with Boston (rebounds had yet to be tabulated).

On this day: Marcus Smart, Marcus Banks, Darren Tillis, Carlos Clark debut; Fournier born

On this day in Celtics history, Marcus Smart, Marcus Banks, Darren Tillis, Carlos Clark debut, and Evan Fournier was born

On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran guard Marcus Smart made his debut for the team in a 121-105 win for the team. It came fittingly against the Brooklyn Nets, with whose pick the Celtics had used to draft the Flower Mound, Texas native out of Oklahoma State in the draft held earlier that summer.

The former Cowboy played just under 28 minutes in the win — a considerable stretch for a rookie at any point, never mind a debut performance. The Texan scored 10 points on 7-of-3 shooting, including going 1-for-4 from beyond the arc in a foreshadowing of his first few seasons with the team, and pulled down 2 rebounds, and as many assists.

Smart also nabbed an impressive 4 steals that foreshadowed his future with the team as a defensive specialist.

On this day: Ex-Boston guard Carlos Clark, center Bob Doll born

On this day, former Boston Celtics big man Bob Doll and champion guard Carlos Clark were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Bob Doll was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Playing both the center and power forward positions, Doll played his collegiate basketball for the University of Colorado, where he won the Most Valuable Player award for the National Invitational Tournament in 1940.

Doll would play for several years in the Amateur Athletic Union after college before joining the (now defunct) St. Louis Bombers, for whom he would play for two seasons. He would then sign with the Celtics as a free agent in 1948, playing two seasons for that club.

The 6-foot-5 Coloradan would average 7.3 points and 2.4 assists per game with Boston (rebounds had yet to be tabulated).