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On this day: Jamel Thomas debuts; Celtics hold Pacers to 71; Dick Mehen, John Mahnken pass away

On this day, Jamel Thomas played his first minutes as a Celtic, Boston brought the clamps to Indy, and Dick Mehen and John Mahnken left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Jamel Thomas made his debut for the team in 1999. An alumnus of the Providence College Friars, Thomas was not selected by any team in the 1999 NBA draft despite his sterling basketball pedigree.

Part of a notable basketball family that included brother Sebastian Telfair and cousin Stephon Marbury, the Celtics saw something in the Brooklyn, New York native, and signed Thomas as a free agent on Dec. 13, 1999. The 6-foot-6 wing only had a three-game tenure with the Celtics, however. His first contest was a 117-88 blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Thomas produced 4 points, 2 assists and a rebound in just over 8 minutes of playing time.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 13

Today’s installment focuses on the 24 players who wore No. 13 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 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 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Celtics beat Pistons in G1 of ’08 ECF; Enes Freedom, Dick Mehen born

On this day, the Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 88-79 in G1 of the ’08 East Finals, and Boston bigs Enes Kanter and Dick Mehen were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team would lose a single player to the newly-formed (then) New Orleans (now, Utah) Jazz expansion team in the 1974 NBA expansion draft.

That player — Steve Kuberski — a big man the Celtics drafted out of Bradley with the 52nd overall pick of the 1969 NBA draft, would go on to win two championships with the franchise in 1974, and1976 during the first of two stints with Boston over his eight seasons with the team. Kuberski was the last player to wear jersey No. 33 before Larry Bird arrived in 1979.

He would return to the Celtics as a free agent in 1975 after being dealt by the Jazz to the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived him.

On this day: Jamel Thomas debuts; Celtics hold Pacers to 71; Dick Mehen, John Mahnken pass away

On this day, Jamel Thomas played his first minutes as a Celtic, Boston brought the clamps to Indy, and Dick Mehen and John Mahnken left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Jamel Thomas made his debut for the team in 1999. An alumnus of the Providence College Friars, Thomas was not selected by any team in the 1999 NBA draft despite his sterling basketball pedigree.

Part of a notable basketball family that included brother Sebastian Telfair and cousin Stephon Marbury, the Celtics saw something in the Brooklyn, New York native, and signed Thomas as a free agent on Dec. 13, 1999. The 6-foot-6 wing only had a three-game tenure with the Celtics however. His first contest was a 117-88 blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Thomas produced 4 points, 2 assists and a rebound in just over 8 minutes of playing time.

On this day: Celtics beat Pistons in G1 of ’08 ECF; Kanter, Mehen born

On this day, the Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 88-79 in G1 of the ’08 East Finals, and Boston bigs Enes Kanter and Dick Mehen were born.

On this day, the Boston Celtics lost a single player to the newly-formed New Orleans Jazz expansion team in the 1974 NBA Expansion Draft.

That player — Steve Kuberski — a big man the Celtics drafted out of Bradley with the 52nd overall pick of the 1969 NBA Draft, would go on to win two championships with the franchise (1974, 1976) during the first of two stints with Boston over his eight seasons with the franchise.

Kuberski was the last player to wear jersey No. 33 before Larry Bird did, and would return to the Celtics as a free agent in 1975 after being dealt by the Jazz to the Milwaukee Bucks, who waived him — and another short stint with the Buffalo Braves (now, Los Angeles Clippers), who also waived him.

The Illinois native logged 5.9 points, 4 rebounds and 0.6 assists while with the team.

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