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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 11

Today’s installment focuses on the 29 players who wore No. 11 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 29 players who wore No. 11 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Celtic center Robert Parish scores 20k; Dirk Minniefield, Tyler Zeller born

On this day in Celtics history, Robert Parish scored his 20,000th career point and Tyler Zeller and Dirk Minniefield were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary big man Robert Parish scored the 20,000th point of his career with the storied franchise back in 1992. At the time of his considerable achievement, he became just the 16th player in NBA history to reach the lofty scoring plateau.

The iconic center — who was traded to the Celtics from the Golden State Warriors in 1980 after four seasons with Golden State in what is often considered one of the most lopsided trades in league history — would win three titles with Boston in 1981, 1984 and 1986 as part of the so-called “original” Big Three of himself, small forward Larry Bird and power forward Kevin McHale.

Regarded as one of the greatest frontcourts ever assembled, Parish was the anchor that held it all together.