Tag: Danny Fortson

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. The dunk was thrown down 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 selection of the 1990 NBA draft. Brown made a lasting impression on 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, and Blue Edwards of the Utah Jazz.

Also featured were Otis Smith of the Orlando Magic, and Kendall Gill of the Atlanta Hawks.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 27

Today’s installment focuses on the 12 players who wore No. 27 over the years as of August 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 12 players who wore No. 27 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: Young born; Gugliotta signs; Barros, Fortson traded

On this day, former Boston Celtic James Young was born, Tom Gugliotta signed and Dana Barros and Danny Fortson were traded.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, shooting guard James Young was born in Flint, Michigan in 1995. Young would play his collegiate ball with the University of Kentucky Wildcats, where he would make Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team honors in 2014. He would soon after being selected by the Celtics with the 17th overall pick of the 2014 NBA draft.

The Flint native would struggle on both ends of the court at the next level, spending much of his time with Boston’s developmental affiliate in the D League (as the G League was known in that era).

This was of course the Maine Red Claws (now Celtics), where he spent a considerable part of his rookie season.

Nine Boston Celtics alumni changing places in re-draft of NBA’s 1997 class

Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.

As Hoops Hype’s Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon keep themselves busy reassessing the draft orders of the last few decades over the years, there are always a fair number of Boston Celtics alumni making moves in their re-drafts as a result.

In the H/H reassessment of the 1997 NBA draft class, a total of nine Boston alumni ended up seeing their draft stock shift with the benefit of hindsight lifting their fortunes. And while they won’t see any pay raises or anything else of that sort given the fictitious nature of such an exercise, it’s also nice to see this duo get their flowers, too.

Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.

On this day: Ed Pinckney, Danny Fortson born

Former Boston Celtics Ed Pinckney and Danny Fortson were born on this day, the anniversary of 4 close wins.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, forward Edward “Ed” Lewis Pinckney was born in 1963 in the Bronx, New York City, New York. Pinckney played his collegiate basketball at Villanova where he won a national title in 1985 and was picked up tenth overall in the NBA draft of the same year by the Phoenix Suns.

He would later be traded to the Sacramento Kings, who would in turn trade Pinckney and Joe Kleine to Boston for now-team president Danny Ainge and Brad Lohaus in 1989. The Bronx native would play six seasons with the Celtics, averaging 6.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while with the team.

He would later be traded with Andrei Fetisov to the Milwaukee Bucks for Blue Edwards and Derek Strong.

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 selection of the 1990 NBA draft, made a lasting impression on 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.

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.