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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 54

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 54 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 six players who wore No. 54 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

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.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 54

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 54 jersey for at least one game.

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 six players who wore No. 54 over the years.

Former Celtics GM Chris Wallace to join Houston Rockets as director of scouting

The former Boston exec will spearhead Houston’s scouting.

Former general manager of the Boston Celtics Chris Wallace is joining the Houston Rockets to become their new director of scouting, reports ESPN’s Tim McMahon. He’ll join former Celtics small forward Ed Pinckney there, with the Villanova product already on the Rockets staff as a scout.

The two missed each other’s tenures in Boston by a few seasons, with Pinckney a Celtic between 1989 and 1994, and Wallace in Boston from 1997 to 2003, when he was replaced by the Celtics’ last team president, Danny Ainge. Wallace was perhaps best known for drafting Paul Pierce in the 1998 NBA draft, and perhaps most infamous for having traded away Joe Johnson for a return centered around Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers.

The former Celtics executive will be part of a plan to invest in Houston’s front office under their general manager Raphael Stone as part of the Rockets’ rebuilding strategy.

This post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!

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Knicks adding Ed Pinckney to coaching staff?

As Tom Thibodeau and the Knicks front office go over names for the new coaching staff in the coming days, one blast from Thibodeau’s past – and New York’s past – will come up. According to an NBA source, Ed Pinckney, the former Villanova star who won an NCAA title and is a product of the South Bronx projects, is expected to be strongly considered.