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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.

Former Celtic Terrence Williams sentenced for role in NBA insurance scam

The scheme involved more than a dozen NBA players, and over 20 people have been charged with defrauding the NBA plan, including fellow Boston alumni.

Ex-Boston Celtics wing Terrence Williams was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution for leading a scheme to defraud the NBA healthcare plan according to recent reporting from Forbes’ Antonio Pequeño IV.

Williams pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft and was found to have made at least $300,000 in kickbacks from other players involved in the scheme.

The scheme ran for about four years from 2017 to 2021, during which Williams impersonated health plan employees and recruited healthcare providers and other NBA players. The former Celtic also threatened others involved in creating fraudulent invoices and witnesses after his arrest.

Williams has been behind bars since May 2022 and claimed his actions were influenced by poverty, drug addiction and abuse, but the court rejected his plea for a shorter sentence.

The scheme involved more than a dozen NBA players, and more than 20 people have been charged with defrauding the NBA plan, including fellow former Boston players.

Keyon Dooling was sentenced to 30 months in prison, respectively, and Glen “Big Baby” Davis has pleaded not guilty to his charges.

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Redraft of 2007 class sees five Boston Celtics alums on the move

A member of today’s Boston roster is among them.

As Hoops Hype’s Frank Urbina and Raul Barrigon keep busy reassessing the draft orders of the last several decades over the last few years, there are always a number of Boston Celtics alumni on the move in their re-drafts as a result.

In the H/H duo’s reassessment of the NBA’s 2007 draft class, a total of five Boston alumni ended up seeing their draft stock shift considerably with the benefit of hindsight lifting their fortunes. And while they won’t see any pay raises or anything else of that sort given the fictitious nature of such an exercise, it’s also nice to see this duo get their flowers, too.

Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.

Brian Scalabrine reveals his craziest teammates on the Boston Celtics

With names like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Scott Pollard, and Glen Davis in the mix, you don’t want to miss his response.

The 2007-08 Boston Celtics were not just a championship club but also a collection of unique and intense personalities. Current Boston broadcaster and former Celtics player Brian Scalabrine was there to witness it all, frequently drawing on his time playing with Boston in that era for fodder in his media appearances.

On a recent guest spot on the “Dan LeBatard” show, White Mamba (as Scal is sometimes called) opened up about his craziest teammates from the Banner 17 crew, and the USC alum did not disappoint. Not only did he have a list in mind, but he also had two — one for “good” crazy, the other for “bad” crazy.

With names like Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Scott Pollard and Glen Davis in the mix, you don’t want to miss his response.

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Here it is in full in the clip embedded above; take a look at it to get both good and bad crazy lists.

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Brian Scalabrine on the Boston Celtics legendary Banner 17 arm wrestling competition

Check out this snapshot of Boston Celtics history.

Back in the day when current Boston Celtics broadcaster Brian Scalabrine was a member of the team he now covers’ roster, White Mamba (as Scal was known in those days) soaked up plenty of crazy stories with the team he would win a title as a member of in 2008.

The USC alum bore witness to the colorful personalities of his Banner 17 teammates as they worked towards the common goal of all Boston teams, hanging more banners to burnish the already storied legacy of the Celtics in the NBA. Fast forward to today and Scal has become quite the storyteller of that era of Boston basketball lore.

In a recent interview with the “Dan LeBatard” show, Scalabrine sat down and told some of his best stories from that moment in time, most notably the arm wrestling tale that took place on the team plane.

Take a look at the clip embedded above for a snapshot of Boston Celtics history.

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LSU men’s basketball all-time roster: Tiger Legends

The Tigers have had a surprising amount of talent come through their basketball program over the years

March is upon us, and that means that the madness will also return to us soon.

Unfortunately, LSU (in all likelihood) won’t be participating in the festivities after a rough first season under coach [autotag]Matt McMahon[/autotag] that featured a 14-game losing streak that lasted from late December until the end of February.

This will be the first NCAA Tournament the Tigers have missed since 2018. Although LSU basketball has, historically, been a bit of an afterthought compared to the more successful football and baseball programs, it’s had a surprising level of consistency.

Aside from several lengthy droughts — most notably in recent years from 1993-00 and 2009-19 (with the exception of 2015) — this team has regularly appeared in the postseason for much of the last several decades, though it is still searching for its first national title. Those teams have, unsurprisingly, featured quite a bit of talent over the years.

With that in mind, we’re taking a crack at piecing together an all-time two-deep LSU basketball roster including one head coach and two assistants. Let’s start things off with the coaching staff, with our first choice likely coming as no surprise.

Celtics’ Glen Davis plays 2-on-2 with street ball legend The Professor

The 2008 title team member got busy with The Professor in a half-court 2-on-2 contest.

What happens when you combine the championship skills of former Boston Celtics big man Glen “Big Baby” Davis with the legendary street ball skills of Grayson “The Professor” Scott Boucher, who gained fame for his ballhandling during his AND1 Mixtape Tour days?

If the arena is a game of halfcourt pickup basketball, the result is probably not what you might expect when they are pitted against another pair of opponents with solid ball skills. While we don’t expect to see Big Baby getting into the street ball scene any time soon, Davis made a solid showing alongside the flashy Professor in a clip created for the latter’s personal YouTube channel.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to see the match for yourself and find out what the 2008 title team member thinks of Boucher’s skills on the court.

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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: 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.

Accused former Boston Celtic Glen Davis professes innocence in NBA fraud case

“It’s people taking advantage of a situation, so I’m going to trial because I didn’t do anything,” claimed Big Baby in a recent podcast appearance.

Big Baby might be in big trouble if he ends up losing another court case he is embroiled in. Glen Davis, who is otherwise known by the moniker given him by former Boston Celtics teammate Kevin Garnett for his sensitivity when they were playing for Boston is among several Celtics alumni on trial for their alleged participation in a scam to defraud an NBA healthcare program in exchange for kickbacks.

Davis, for his part, recently when on the “VladTV” podcast (h/t to Heavy’s Matt John) to proclaim his innocence in the scam. “This situation is the NBA doing their due diligence, and now you’re just put in a situation where you’re associated,” explained Big Baby.

“Now I’ve got to go to trial because they think I did something that I know I didn’t do,” he added. “I know that I’m innocent.”

Per Davis, the fact that he never received any kickbacks is his argument to go to trial with a “not guilty” plea. “I never got any money,” he explained.

“You’re in a certain group, and now they just want to tag us all in when it’s not that. It’s people taking advantage of a situation, so I’m going to trial because I didn’t do anything.”

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