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On this day: Crawford, Pinkney born; G. Williams, Edwards, Watt debut

On this day, Jordan Crawford and Kevinn Pinkney were born and a number of Celtics made their debut.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, shooting guard Jordan Crawford was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1988. Crawford played collegiately with the Indiana Hoosiers and the Xavier Musketeers, having been drafted 27th overall by the (then) New Jersey Nets (now, Brooklyn). He would not play for that club, however, his rights having been traded to the Atlanta Hawks later that summer.

Crawford would play with Atlanta and the Washington Wizards before he was traded to the Celtics for Leandro Barbosa and Jason Collins in February of 2013. He would begin his second season with the team as Boston’s starting point guard with Rajon Rondo out injured.

As a result, Crawford would start in 35 of the 39 games he played with the Celtics that season.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 4

Today’s installment focuses on the 30 players who wore No. 4 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 or 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 30 players who wore No. 4 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Celtics draft Langford, Williams, Edwards, Waters; Melo, Milicic, Rogers born

On this day in 2019, the Boston Celtics drafted Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, Carsen Edwards, and Tremont Waters.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise drafted four players of note in the 2019 NBA draft. With the 51st pick, the Celtics selected 5-foot-10 point guard Tremont Waters out of Louisiana State University, who would later sign with the team as a two way player who spent most of his rookie season with the Maine Red Claws — the Celtics’ G League developmental affiliate.

There, he would earn G League Rookie of the Year honors while averaging 18 points, 3.2 rebounds, 7.3 assists, and 2 steals per game while shooting 7.1 3-pointers per game with 35.4 % accuracy in his inaugural season.

He was with the team for two seasons (all as a two way player), with a career average of 3.8 points and 2.1 assists per game at the NBA level.

Celtics alumnus Carsen Edwards reportedly in advanced talks with Fenerbahce Beko

The Purdue Product may be headed to the Euroleague.

Yet another recent Boston Celtics alumnus may soon be finding a roster spot overseas. The Celtics’ No. 33 pick of the 2019 NBA draft, Carsen Edwards, is in advanced talks to sign with famed Turkish ball club Fenerbahce Beko per SportsTV’s Umit Avci via EuroHoops’ Bugra Uzar.

The former Purdue standout played two seasons with Boston before he was dealt with reserve point guard Kris Dunn and a 2026 second-round draft pick to the Memphis Grizzlies for Juancho Hernangomez in September 2021. He was cut by the Griz, and subsequently signed with the Detroit Pistons for the 2021-22 NBA season.

Now a free agent, it is looking like playing with Fenerbahce Beko in Istanbul in the Euroleague and BSL leagues will be his most profitable and high-level option for the Texan guard’s near-term future.

Edwards averaged 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in his time as a Celtic.

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Shams: Former Celtics guard Carsen Edwards inks 2-year deal with Detroit Pistons

The Purdue product is back in the NBA.

Boston Celtics alumnus Carsen Edwards is signing a two-year deal with the Detroit Pistons according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The former No. 33 overall pick of the Celtics picked up by the team out of the Purdue Boilermakers’ basketball program in the 2019 NBA draft, Edwards struggled in more of a microwave bench scorer role on a deep Celtics roster.

Needing more of a runway to be an effective player, he never quite found his rhythm in a reduced role and was cut by the Memphis Grizzlies after he was dealt there by the Celtics near the end of the 2021 NBA offseason. The Texan guard was picked up by the Salt Lake City Stars (the developmental affiliate of the Utah Jazz at the G League level) a little over a month later.

There, according to Charania, “Edwards averaged nearly 27 points per game” in the 2021-22 G League season. Playing for a Pistons franchise with little likelihood of considerable postseason play in the near-term future, Edwards should get more of the run he will need to be successful.

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Shams: Celtics alumni Greg Monroe, Carsen Edwards latch on with Wiz, Jazz G League teams respectively

The duo of former Celtics will try their hand at the G League level.

Two former Boston Celtics players have found themselves a team to latch on with at the NBA’s G League level, with guard Carsen Edwards inking a deal to play for the Utah Jazz’ G League team the Salt Lake City Stars, while onetime Celtics center Greg Monroe linking up with the Washington Wizards’ developmental affiliate in the G League, the Capitol City Go Gos.

The news was first reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania Friday morning and is perhaps a bit of a surprise given both could likely earn bigger paychecks abroad. But there is perhaps good reason to stay within the league’s developmental system if they hope to play at the NBA level again soon.

Edwards was cut by the Celtics during the offseason before the 2021-22 season, having played three seasons for Boston without making many inroads into the team’s rotation.

Monroe last played in the NBA in the 2018-19 season, including a 2-game stint with the Celtics.

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Former Celtics guard Carsen Edwards waived by Grizzlies

After being traded earlier this month, Carsen Edwards is on his way out of Memphis.

Former Boston Celtics guard Carsen Edwards landed in Memphis earlier this month as a part of the Juancho Hernangomez trade deal, but the 23-year-old will not take part in training camp with the Grizzlies after being waived on Thursday.

Edwards, the 33rd pick in the 2019 NBA draft, spent two seasons in Boston and made 68 regular-season appearances for the Celtics. Edwards is on the final year of the three-year, $4.5 million rookie contract he signed with the Celtics, and is due to make $1,782,621 guaranteed this season. Should Edwards clear waivers, he’ll become an unrestricted free agent.

Read: What should we expect from the Celtics this season?

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Boston Celtics make Juancho Hernangomez trade official

The team was able to complete the deal reported on earlier this month once all players became eligible for inclusion.

The Boston Celtics have officially announced the trade for 6-foot-7 Spanish forward Juancho Hernangomez via press release.

The deal, which sent guards Kris Dunn and Carsen Edwards to the Memphis Grizzlies along with a future second-round pick swap, was made clearer with the revelation about the pick involved in the deal bringing the Madrid native to the Celtics. “Hernangómez, 25, holds career averages of 5.7 points on 43.0% shooting (35.1% 3-PT, 69.3% FT), 3.5 rebounds, and 16.4 minutes in 257 games (57 starts) with [the] Denver [Nuggets] and Minnesota [Timberwolves],” notes the release.

“The five-year pro was originally selected by the Nuggets with the 15th overall selection in the 2016 NBA draft.”

Woj: Celtics trade Kris Dunn, Carsen Edwards, 2016 2nd swap for Juancho Hernangomez

The move would have Boston at 15 players for the 2021-22 season.

The Boston Celtics have traded recently acquired point guard Kris Dunn and reserve guard Carsen Edwards and a 2026 pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for forward Juancho Hernangomez per ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski.

The move would get the Celtics to the regular season roster limit of 15 players and save the Celtics $612,000 of cap space as they potentially inch towards potentially dodging the tax for a second straight season. The 6-foot-9 swingman is a career 35.1% 3-point shot who struggled a bit from beyond the arc last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, hitting only 32.7% from 3 while scoring 7.2 points and pulling down 3.9 rebounds per game.

The deal won’t be official until September 15 according to Woj due to rules preventing Dunn from being aggregated in a trade with Edwards.

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With 16 guaranteed contracts, a Celtics player needs to go before opening night – but who?

One way or another, the Celtics need to shed a contract before opening night – but whose?

The Boston Celtics are making use of the league’s expanded roster limits in the offseason, which the NBA allows clubs to roster as many as 20 players until the regular season rolls around and roster size shrink to 15. Currently at 16 guaranteed players, the Celtics will need to get at least one player off their books before the 2021-22 season starts in earnest.

But who to move, and how to do it? There are at least five likely subjects on the roster at present, and there are several ways it could come together depending on how other teams view Boston’s players and what the Celtics are willing to do to make a roster spot free up.

Let’s review who might be off the team come opening night, and the more likely ways it could happen for each.