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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 34

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 34 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 11 players who wore No. 34 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: Barros signed; Atkins, Brickowski, Roberts Kabengele born; Garfinkle passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed point guard Dana Barros, and Chucky Atkins, Frank Brickowski, and Fred Roberts were born, and Jack Garfinkle passed away.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, point guard Dana Barros signed with the team in 2004 as an unrestricted free agent in what would be the last, very brief stop of a 14-season career. It would be Barros’ second stint with the Celtics, having previously played five seasons for Boston between 1995 and 2000.

A product of Boston College, Barros was a local guy who was born in Boston in 1967. Drafted with the 16th overall pick of the 1989 NBA draft by the Seattle Supersonics, Barros would play for that team and the Philadelphia 76ers before joining the Celtics in 1995 and would be dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in a massive, four-team deal in 2000.

He would be dealt yet again to the Detroit Pistons two months later.

On this day: Eddie House, Frank Brickowski, Pervis Ellison signed; Johnny Simmons passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed guard Eddie House, forward Frank Brickowski, and center Pervis Ellison to the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, reserve guard Eddie House signed a multi-year deal with the team. The Berkeley, California native had previously played for the Miami Heat (he was drafted by that team out of Arizona State with the 37th pick of the 2000 NBA draft), Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns, and (the then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets before joining Boston in true journeyman fashion.

House would become a key part of the Celtics’ 2008 title team’s bench offense, providing microwave scoring off the bench that would end up proving critical to winning Banner 17.

He would play three seasons with Boston, averaging 7.8 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game over that stretch.

On this day: Barros signed; Atkins, Brickowski, Roberts born; Garfinkle passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed point guard Dana Barros, and Chucky Atkins, Frank Brickowski, and Fred Roberts were born, and Jack Garfinkle passed away.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, point guard Dana Barros signed with the team in 2004 as an unrestricted free agent in what would be the last, very brief stop of a 14-season career. It would be Barros’ second stint with the Celtics, having previously played five seasons for Boston between 1995 and 2000.

A product of Boston College, Barros was a local guy who was born in Boston in 1967. Drafted with the 16th overall pick of the 1989 NBA draft by the Seattle Supersonics, Barros would play for that team and the Philadelphia 76ers before joining the Celtics in 1995 and would be dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in a massive, four-team deal in 2000.

He would be dealt yet again to the Detroit Pistons two months later.

On this day: Eddie House, Frank Brickowski, Pervis Ellison signed

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed guard Eddie House, forward Frank Brickowski and center Pervis Ellison to the team.

On this day in 2007, former Boston Celtics reserve guard Eddie House signed a multi-year deal with the team.

The Berkeley, California native had previously played for the Miami Heat (he was drafted by them out of Arizona State with the 37th pick of the 2000 NBA Draft), Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, the Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns and (then) New Jersey Nets before joining Boston in true journeyman fashion.

House would become a key part of the Celtics 2008 title team’s bench offense, providing microwave scoring off the bench that would prove critical to winning Banner 17.

He would play three seasons with Boston, averaging 7.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game over that stretch.

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Frank Brickowski told a story about …

Frank Brickowski told a story about walking into Jordan’s hotel room to find a high-stakes gambling game taking place. “Charles Oakley comes up behind me and grabs me and we laugh. He gets a phone call and he says, ‘I’m talking with Brick,’ and then he says to me, ‘Let’s go.’ So I just follow him out the door, we go to this other tower and we up and we go to Michael’s suite and he has a gambling game still going on from the night before. It’s nine o’clock in the morning and I look around the room and all I see is piles of cash. My mind goes to, ‘We’ll put sleeping gas under the door, everyone will get knocked out and we’ll split the profits.’ I saw Oakley later that night and said, ‘Oak, how much money was in that room? There must have been a million dollars in that room.’ He held up two fingers — there was $2 million in cash in that room.”

Frank Brickowski: “Michael had a …

Frank Brickowski: “Michael had a propensity to gamble, he could afford to gamble. You can say if that’s a problem or not, or judge him, but I don’t judge him. The guys who made the money and enjoyed the gambling, it gave them a way to escape from the game and the grind. Michael is a normal dude if he’s in a safe environment and he creates the safe environment.”