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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.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 52

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 52 jersey for at least one game 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 seven players who wore No. 52 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded

On this day, former Boston Celtics forward Joe Johnson was born, Kevinn Pinkney traded, and Eric Montross and Darren Tillis drafted.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Celtics draft pick Joe Johnson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. Johnson would play his collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas, which he would lead to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2000.

The Little Rock native would be drafted by the Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft with the 10th overall pick of the draft and would play for Boston for 48 games of his rookie season before being traded. The small forward would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio, and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers in February of 2002, then rejoin Boston for a single game in 2022.

The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.

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: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded

On this day, former Boston Celtics forward Joe Johnson was born, Kevinn Pinkney traded, and Eric Montross and Darren Tillis drafted.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Celtics draft pick Joe Johnson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. Johnson would play his collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas, which he would lead to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2000.

The Little Rock native would be drafted by the Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft with the 10th overall pick of the draft, and would play for Boston for 48 games of his rookie season before being traded. The small forward would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers in February of 2002.

The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.