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Boston big man alum Glen Davis sentenced to 40 months for NBA insurance fraud

Over 20 other former players were also swept up in the arrests that led to Davis’ conviction, including several other Celtics alumni.

Boston Celtics big man alum Glen “Big Baby” Davis will have to spend some time reflecting on his decision to participate in insurance fraud vs. the league he won a title in, with Davis reportedly being sentenced to 40 months for his efforts.

Boston Dot Com‘s Tation Verear and Deterruisset Reprehendunt report that Davis will spend a little over the next three years in a federal penitentiary for his role in defrauding an insurance plan for NBA players and their families. Over 20 other former players were also swept up in the arrests that led to Davis’ conviction, including several other Celtics alumni.

“Davis will have three years of supervised release after he serves his term, and he has been ordered to pay $80,000 in restitution,” writes Verear and Reprehendunt.

Fellow Celtics alum Tony Allen was granted probation for his role in the crime, and Terrence Williams also received jail time in his sentence.

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On this day: John Y. Brown attends first game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the anniversary of the final chapter of one of the more odd tales in Boston Celtics history happens to fall and is therefore especially apropos for the first day of the new year.

In 1979, the new owner of the storied franchise, John Y. Brown, attended his very first game as the Celtics’ owner. That in and of itself is nothing especially remarkable, but Brown — former owner of the team which later became the Los Angeles Clippers — had just recently finalized the only “trade” of a franchise in league (and possibly all) history.

To say it another way, from a strictly legal point of view, the Celtics of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, and KC Jones are actually the Clippers.

On this day: Boston trades Davis, Wafer for Bass; deals Kappen for Becker

On this day, the Boston Celtics swapped Glen Davis and Von Wafer for Brandon Bass and dealt Tony Kappen for Moe Becker.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise traded champion big man Glen Davis and small forward Von Wafer to the Orlando Magic for power forward Brandon Bass in 2011.

Davis had been picked up by the Seattle Supersonics with the 35th overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft before being dealt to the Celtics with Ray Allen for Jeff Green, Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West, and draft assets that same night, winning a title in his first season in the league. Wafer signed with the team as a free agent after having been drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 39th pick of the 2005 draft.

By the time of the trade, Wafer had already played for a number of teams around the league, including the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Houston Rockets.

Celtics champ Glen Davis convicted in NBA insurance fraud case

It looks like former Boston Celtics big man Glen Davis’ week just took a turn for the worse in a big way.

It looks like former Boston Celtics big man Glen Davis‘ week just took a turn for the worse in a big way. The 2008 Celtics champ was just convicted for his role in an insurance fraud case involving several other Boston and NBA alumni, several of whom have already received sentences of varying severity.

The prosecutor behind the conviction, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York, wrote in a statement about the trial’s unfavorable resolution for Davis and other defendants. “Moments ago, a Manhattan jury convicted former NBA players Ronald Glen Davis and William Bynum of a criminal scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan.”

“While many of the more than 20 defendants convicted in this case were well-known NBA stars, their conduct was otherwise a typical fraudulent scheme designed to defraud the NBA’s health care plan and net the defendants over $5 million in illicit profits,” the statement continued.

“Today’s conviction exemplifies that despite notoriety or success in sports or any other field, no one is exempt from criminal charges if they engage in fraud.”

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On this day: Celtics first game ever in 1946, MANY players, coach John Russell debut; Hal Crisler passes

On this day in Celtics history, the storied franchise played its first game.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise played the first game of its storied history in 1946 as it kicked off play in the brand-new Basketball Association of America, which became the National Basketball Association in 1949).

That first contest was not an auspicious one. The Celtics dropped their inaugural game to the (now defunct) Providence Steamrollers, 59-53. Boston fell to 0-1 to start the 1946-47 BAA season on a sour note that offered no hints of the many wins to come. It was of course the Celtics’ debut for the entire team, but in that era, sparse counting stat records were kept — or even conceived of.

With that in mind, let’s review the details we do have.

Glen Davis huge hustle play in 2010 Finals

Take a look back at one of the best plays of Glen Davis’ career as a Celtic.

We dug up one of Boston Celtics champion big man Glen Davis‘ most iconic moments: When teammate Nate Robinson jumped on his back after the Louisiana State University product made an impressive hustle play in the 2010 NBA Finals.

The play came in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers, which the Celtics ultimately won in part due to the efforts of Davis in that crazy sequence. It has become a part of Boston sports lore as the pair’s “Shrek and Donkey” moments, later meme-ified and sported by the man himself as a Twitter profile. That itself was sparked by a postgame presser where the duo discussed the celebratory moment where Davis was surprised to hear Robinson had even jumped on his back.

Watch the video embedded below by Tomasz Kordylewski to see the sequence that birthed this silliness yourself.

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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.

What is going on with Boston Celtics alumni getting involved in insurance scams?

The scam was orchestrated by former Celtics wing Terrence Williams, who convinced other former Boston players and those of other teams to participate in making fraudulent claims

Some alumni of the Boston Celtics have been in the news lately for all of the wrong reasons, with some even staring down jail time for some seriously poor judgment with regard to making fraudulent insurance claims on medical procedures that never took place for profit.

The scam was orchestrated by former Celtics wing Terrence Williams, who convinced other former Boston players and those of other teams to participate in making fraudulent claims. The scheme included submitting fake medical reports for insurance claims, which led to suspicions due to misspellings and irregularities. Several former Celtics players were implicated in this scandal, including Williams, Sebastian Telfair, Tony Allen, Keyon Dooling, and Glen Davis.

To hear more about the ill-advised misadventure that is costing some Boston alumni their freedom, check out the latest episode of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast for all the awful details and plenty of other recent news.

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On this day: Cousy, Anthony, Arroyo, Udoka born; Davis re-signs

Boston Celtics point guard legend Bob Cousy was born on this day in 1928, as were Joel Anthony and Carlos Arroyo.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Boston point guard Bob Cousy was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Cousy would play his college ball at the College of the Holy Cross, with whom he won an NCAA championship in 1947.

Oddly avoided by team president Red Auerbach in the NBA Draft, Cousy ended up a Celtic anyway after coming to the team in the dispersal draft for the Chicago Stags, who held his rights at that point. The Manhattanite would be elected to 13 straight All-Star teams with Boston, which quickly changed the mind of Auerbach about the error of his assessment.

After drafting future Hall-of-Famers Bill Russell and Tommy Heinsohn in 1957, Cooz would win the first of six titles with the Celtics, earning a Finals MVP that season.

Celtics champ Tony Allen sentenced in NBA insurance fraud case

Allen avoided prison, unlike several peers.

Former Boston Celtics shooting guard Tony Allen, part of the Celtics’ 2008 title team, has been sentenced in connection with the NBA’s $5 million benefits scam, per new reporting from Law 360 reporter Pete Brush. Allen was charged with illegally taking close to $420,000 from the scam but paid back most of the money before being sentenced. Instead of prison time, Allen received a sentence of community service and supervision.

During his court appearance, Allen gave a tearful apology, acknowledging his responsibility and expressing regret for not upholding the NBA’s core values. “I fully acknowledge my individual responsibility and I understand the gravity of my actions,” Allen reportedly told the court.

The judge presiding over the case expressed concern about overbilling but noted that Allen had repaid the money he took.