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Former Boston Celtic Dana Barros’ ’60 days of Summer’ Hoops Hall interview

Barros spoke at length about his time playing with Shawn Kemp, Patrick Ewing, and of course Paul Pierce.

In some ways, former Boston Celtics point guard Dana Barros was the prototype for the scrappy smaller Celtics floor generals, such as Isaiah Thomas and Kemba Walker, that have since captivated fans of the team.

The New England local made his way from Boston College to the Seattle SuperSonics. From there, he was dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers, with whom he came into his own as a player.

After signing with his hometown Celtics, Barros played parts of 6 seasons for Boston, a stretch interrupted by a stint with the Detroit Pistons. Over the course of his career, he crossed paths with NBA greats Shawn Kemp, Patrick Ewing and, of course, Paul Pierce.

In an interview with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for their “60 days of Summer” video series, Barros opened up about those times.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear them.

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On this day: Red’s 1,000th win; Barros’ 3-pt streak ends; Wilkins born

On this day in Celtics history, Red Auerbach got his 1,000th career win as coach, Dana Barros’ 89-game 3-point streak ended, and Dominique Wilkins was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, iconic head coach and general manager Arnold “Red” Auerbach secured the 1000th win of his head coaching career with the storied franchise in a 114-102 home win at the old Boston Garden over longtime rival Los Angeles Lakers in 1966.

Auerbach initially joined the team in 1950 to become the franchise’s third head coach after stints leading the (now defunct) Washington Capitols and (then) Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now, Atlanta Hawks). The New Yorker quickly rose to prominence as a consummate professional obsessed with winning at a time when many organizations were quite far from actually being organized.

Never mind something we would refer to as “professional.”

On this day: Barros signed; Atkins, Brickowski, Roberts born; Garfinkle passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed point guard Dana Barros, and Chucky Atkins, Frank Brickowski, and Fred Roberts were born, and Jack Garfinkle passed away.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, point guard Dana Barros signed with the team in 2004 as an unrestricted free agent in what would be the last, very brief stop of a 14-season career. It would be Barros’ second stint with the Celtics, having previously played five seasons for Boston between 1995 and 2000.

A product of Boston College, Barros was a local guy who was born in Boston in 1967. Drafted with the 16th overall pick of the 1989 NBA draft by the Seattle Supersonics, Barros would play for that team and the Philadelphia 76ers before joining the Celtics in 1995 and would be dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in a massive, four-team deal in 2000.

He would be dealt yet again to the Detroit Pistons two months later.

On this day: No-look Dee Brown dunk; doomed Fortson trade made

On this day in Celtics history, Dee Brown flushed his famous no-look dunk, and Danny Fortson was dealt to Toronto in a failed trade.

On this day in Boston Celtics history in 1991, guard DeCovan Kadell (better known to fans of the Celtics by his nickname as “Dee”) Brown threw down one of the most famous dunks of all time in that year’s All-Star Game Slam Dunk Competition.

Brown, a rookie recently picked up by the Celtics out of north Florida’s Jacksonville University with the 19th overall pick of the 1990 NBA draft, made a lasting impression to NBA fans around the world with the flush, which was (and still is) among the flashiest dunks ever completed at the All-Star Week’s annual dunk contest.

The event also featured Shawn Kemp of the Seattle Supersonics, Rex Chapman of the Charlotte Hornets, Kenny Smith of the Houston Rockets, Kenny Williams of the Indiana Pacers, Blue Edwards of the Utah Jazz, Otis Smith of the Orlando Magic, and Kendall Gill of the Atlanta Hawks.

Calculating the Hall of Fame odds for Boston Celtics yet to make it in

There are more Boston Celtics in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame than players of any other team – but who else might be joining them from Boston’s ranks?

The Boston Celtics have more players in Springfield, Massachusetts’ Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame than any other franchise in NBA history, and could be poised to add several more in the future, if the odds listed by Basketball-reference.com pan out favorably.

But who are the Celtics alumni with a good chance — or for that matter, any chance at all? We put together the following list of candidates with at least some shot at making the hall according to the essential reference of all things NBA statistics, excluding players who did not complete at least one full season with Boston to put some manageable limits on this exercise.

Let’s take a look at the potential candidates.

The top 10 3-point shooters in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers

Take a look at the top 10 3-point shooters in Philadelphia 76ers history.

With the Philadelphia 76ers and the rest of the NBA at the All-Star break, it is time for the festivities to begin. Well, sort of. All of the regular All-Star events will happen, except for the Rising Stars Challenge, and they will all happen on Sunday at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.

While the Sixers will not have a representative in the 3-point shootout, now is the time to go back and take a look at some of the top 3-point shooters in the storied history of one of the NBA’s oldest franchises.

The following is a list of the players who have made the most 3-point field goals in franchise history per basketball-reference:

Ex-Celtic Dana Barros shares how he was almost drafted by the Bulls

Former Boston Celtic point guard Dana Barros relates how he was nearly drafted by the Chicago Bulls.

Former Boston Celtics point guard Dana Barros is watching the new ESPN Michael Jordan documentary “The Last Dance” like the rest of us — but unlike the rest of us, he’s got a very different connection to its story.

Drafted out of Boston College, Barros has always had strong ties to the northeast — but he very nearly was part of that Chicago Bulls franchise ahead of the “last dance” season if not for an unexpected turn his career took just as it got started.

Evidently, the Bulls front office was impressed with Barros as a college prospect, and general manager Jerry Krause and coach Doug Collins invited the Boston native to lunch, where they told the young guard they planned to select him.

Barros was of course elated to have a chance to play alongside Jordan, and told all his close friends and family about it.

Then, the Seattle Supersonics drafted him first.

Despite having no other meetings with teams as a projected late first-round selection, the Sonics had decided to pull the trigger on Barros with no workouts or even meeting, foiling Barros hoped-for landing.

“I kind of looked to the TV [and asked], ‘What did he just say?'” related Barros via the Boston Herald’s Steve Hewett.

“I literally wanted to throw the TV against the wall, you know what I mean? Like, what? It was kind of like that before it really hit me that I was still in the NBA … I look back on it, I’m like I was in Chicago. If I had two more picks, I could have had six rings. So I look at it from a different aspect of it, what could have been for me.”

“I don’t look at it in terms of I wish it was different,” Barros explained, clarifying his position on the unexpected turn of events.

“It was just kind of funny. It was like a bad joke played on me the whole draft. It was kind of ironic and funny at the same time. But I don’t take it that seriously,” he added.

Barros would go on to have an excellent career with the Sonics, Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons, returning to Boston to play a single game in the 2003-04 season so he could retire a Celtic.

He might have ended up on the wrong path to accumulate rings, but he did end up beating Jordan with Boston in Game 1 of that “last dance” season — one of many things that has the native son still beloved on a team that’s hung plenty of banners of their own.

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Ranking the top 5 Philadelphia 76ers to ever wear the number 3 jersey

Sixers Wire is now ranking the top five players to wear the number 3 jersey in Philadelphia 76ers history.

When one thinks of the number 3 in Philadelphia 76ers history, they automatically think Allen Iverson and for good reason. The guy is one of the all-time greats in franchise history and the number is retired in his honor.

However, there are 17 total players in the history of the franchise who wore the number 3. None of those guys had that type of success that Iverson had, but four other players deserve some recognition for wearing the uniform number in franchise history.

Just as we did with the number 1, we are going to rank the top five players in franchise history to wear the number 3 in Sixers history. The criteria will include individual success, longevity with the franchise, and team impact. With that said, let’s get into it!

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Sixers history lesson: Dana Barros explodes for 50 points vs. Rockets

On this day in Philadelphia 76ers history, we remember the night Dana Barros scored 50 points.

We continue our dive into the history of the Philadelphia 76ers while the NBA is on a 30-day suspension due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is a way for Sixers fans to continue to get their NBA fix until things get back to normal in the world.

After taking a look at Thaddeus Young’s 31 points in the final game at The Spectrum on Friday, we now turn to take a look at Saturday’s date in Sixers history.

March 14, 1995

The Sixers were in the middle of a dreadful season. Things just did not play well and they entered the contest with a 17-44 record. This specific March 14 night 25 years ago, they welcomed in the defending champion Houston Rockets.

The Rockets won the game easily 136-107 as they had eight players score in double figures led by 26 points from Clyde Drexler and they were the much better team. However, the game was remembered fondly by Sixers fans for the performance by Dana Barros.

Barros stepped up against Kenny Smith and he scored a career-high 50 points. He shot a ridiculous 21-for-26 from the floor and he drilled six of his eight attempts from deep while only going to the line twice. It was one of the best performances anybody has seen.

Barros made his only All-Star appearance in the 1994-95 season where he averaged 20.6 points and 7.5 assists. He spent two seasons in Philadelphia averaging 16.9 points and 6.4 assists before joining the Boston Celtics in the offseason of 1995.

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