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On this day: Jamel Thomas debuts; Celtics hold Pacers to 71; Dick Mehen, John Mahnken pass away

On this day, Jamel Thomas played his first minutes as a Celtic, Boston brought the clamps to Indy, and Dick Mehen and John Mahnken left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Jamel Thomas made his debut for the team in 1999. An alumnus of the Providence College Friars, Thomas was not selected by any team in the 1999 NBA draft despite his sterling basketball pedigree.

Part of a notable basketball family that included brother Sebastian Telfair and cousin Stephon Marbury, the Celtics saw something in the Brooklyn, New York native, and signed Thomas as a free agent on Dec. 13, 1999. The 6-foot-6 wing only had a three-game tenure with the Celtics, however. His first contest was a 117-88 blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Thomas produced 4 points, 2 assists and a rebound in just over 8 minutes of playing time.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 5

Today’s installment focuses on the 21 players who wore No. 5 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 21 players who wore No. 5 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Jamel Thomas debuts; Celtics hold Pacers to 71; Dick Mehen, John Mahnken pass away

On this day, Jamel Thomas played his first minutes as a Celtic, Boston brought the clamps to Indy, and Dick Mehen and John Mahnken left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Jamel Thomas made his debut for the team in 1999. An alumnus of the Providence College Friars, Thomas was not selected by any team in the 1999 NBA draft despite his sterling basketball pedigree.

Part of a notable basketball family that included brother Sebastian Telfair and cousin Stephon Marbury, the Celtics saw something in the Brooklyn, New York native, and signed Thomas as a free agent on Dec. 13, 1999. The 6-foot-6 wing only had a three-game tenure with the Celtics however. His first contest was a 117-88 blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Thomas produced 4 points, 2 assists and a rebound in just over 8 minutes of playing time.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 5

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 5 jersey for at least one game as of September 2022.

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 21 players who wore No. 5 over the years as of September 2022.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 5

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 5 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 21 players who wore No. 5 over the years.

On this day: forward Jamel Thomas debuts for the Boston Celtics

The Providence College product played his inaugural contest with the Celtics on this date in 1999.

On this day in 1999, former Boston Celtics small forward Jamel Thomas made his debut for the team. A product of the Providence College Friars, Thomas would end up going undrafted in the 1999 NBA draft.

Part of a notable basketball family with brother Sebastian Telfair and cousin Stephon Marbury, the Celtics saw something in the Brooklyn, New York native, and signed Thomas as a free agent on Dec. 13, 1999.

The 6-foot-6 wing only had a three-game tenure with the Celtics however, with his inaugural contest being a 117 – 88 blowout by the Cleveland Cavaliers, with Thomas scoring 4 points, 2 assists and a rebound in just over eight minutes of playing time.

Ex-Celt Sebastian Telfair mother, brother pass after COVID-19 battles

Former Boston Celtic guard Sebastian Telfair lost his brother and mother after COVID-19 battles.

Ex-Boston Celtic guard Sebastian Telfair’s mother and brother have passed away after fighting COVID-19, reports the New York Post’s Stefan Staszewski.

Telfair, who was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2006 directly out of high school, lost his mother Erica Telfair and older brother Dan Turner after both struggled with the coronavirus behind the pandemic currently gripping the planet.

Telfair’s mother, age 64, passed early Monday morning after a struggle with COVID-19, and Turner on March 28th after going through the same.

Telfair is half-brother to former Celtic forward Jamel Thomas and cousin to ex-Boston guard Stephon Marbury, who related in a late-march article for The Undefeated his aunt was ‘fighting for her life’ due complications arising from the virus.

The Brooklyn native played for the Celtics in the 2006-07 NBA season as his second stop in the league, traded their from Portland in the summer of 2006.

He would later be dealt with Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson and Theo Ratliff to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the package that brought Kevin Garnett to Boston.

He averaged 6.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists over that stretch.

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