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On this day: Shelden Williams, Gene Englund born; Philips, Butler, Barnett, Graham debut; Hazen passes

On this day in Celtics history, Shelden Williams and Gene Englund were born, a number of players debuted and John Hazen passed.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Shelden Williams was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.

An alum of the Duke Blue Devils where he won NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors twice and made First Team All-American among other honors, Williams was taken fifth overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2006 NBA draft. He would play parts of two seasons before being dealt to the Sacramento Kings in February of 2009, and the Oklahoman would later be dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves as well.

He would sign with the Celtics as an unrestricted free agent in August of that same year.

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.

On this day: Avery traded; Olynyk, Knight signed; Barnett, Simmons born; Wallace passes

On this date in 2017, the Boston Celtics traded veteran guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran combo guard Avery Bradley was traded with draft assets to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris Sr. as part of the process of making cap space on the roster after signing Utah Jazz Star Gordon Hayward in 2017.

Avery, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound native of Tacoma, Washington, was drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Texas with the 19th pick of the 2010 NBA draft. The former Longhorn quickly made a name for himself as one of the league’s best man-to-man defenders while coming up with the aging core of the 2008 title team.

In total, the former Texas standout played for the team for seven seasons, averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game.

On this day: 3 players lost to 1967 expansion draft; Amir Johnson born

On this day, ex-Boston Celtics big man Amir Johnson was born, and three players were taken from the team in the 1967 NBA expansion draft.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team would lose several players to the expansion draft held in 1963 to populate two new teams being added to the league.

Expansion drafts function similarly to the regular draft, except the team or teams joining the league can raid the rosters of existing teams for players save for a certain number of “protected” players each team can prevent from being drafted away to the expansion team or teams.

The new teams in question would be the San Diego Rockets and Seattle Supersonics, the former now relocated in Houston, Texas as the Houston Rockets since relocating to Texas in 1971, and the latter now the Oklahoma City Thunder since moving to that state in 2008. Boston would lose three players in total to the two expansion teams.

On this day: Shelden Williams, Gene Englund born; Philips, Butler, Barnett, Graham debut; Hazen passes

On this day in Celtics history, Shelden Williams and Gene Englund were born, a number of players debuted and John Hazen passed.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Shelden Williams was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.

A product of the Duke Blue Devils where he won NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors twice and made First Team All-American among other honors, Williams was taken fifth overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2006 NBA draft. He would play parts of two seasons before being dealt to the Sacramento Kings in February of 2009, and the Oklahoman would later be dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves as well.

He would sign with the Celtics as an unrestricted free agent in August of that same year.

Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 33

Here is a list of all 13 players who have worn the No. 33 in the long history of the Philadelphia 76ers.

It’s summertime in the NBA, so it’s time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.

With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 33, which has been worn by 13 of those players in the history of the franchise.

This running series will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the seven players who have worn the No. 34.

Here is the list of those 13 players who have worn No. 33 in Sixers history

On this day: Avery traded; Olynyk, Knight signed; Barnett, Simmons born; Wallace passes

On this date in 2017, the Boston Celtics traded veteran guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran combo guard Avery Bradley was traded with draft assets to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris Sr.  as part of the process of making cap space on the roster after signing Utah Jazz Star Gordon Hayward in 2017.

Avery, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound native of Tacoma, Washington, was drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Texas with the 19th pick of the 2010 NBA draft. The former Longhorn quickly made a name for himself as one of the league’s best man-to-man defenders while coming up with the aging core of the 2008 title team.

In total, the former Texas standout played for the team for seven seasons, averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game.

On this day: Avery traded; Olynyk, Knight signed; Barnett, Simmons born

On this date in 2017, the Boston Celtics traded veteran guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris.

On this day in 2017, Boston Celtics veteran combo guard Avery Bradley was traded with draft assets to the Detroit Pistons for power forward Marcus Morris.

Avery, a 6-foot-3, 180 lb. native of Tacoma, Washington, was drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Texas with the 19th overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.

The former Longhorn quickly made a name for himself as one of the league’s best man-to-man defenders while coming up with the aging core of the 2008 title team, and outlasted the teardown of the Banner 17 squad only to be dealt in order to make cap space to sign forward Gordon Hayward.

In total, the Texas product played for the team for seven seasons, averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game while with the team.

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During an appearance on the “Runnin’ …

During an appearance on the “Runnin’ Plays” podcast, Jim Barnett — who was drafted and played one season in Boston — shared a story about the time Bill Russell was given a key to the city just before a game the Celtics played in a Southern state. Following the game, the black players on the team were denied entry into a hotel because of the color of their skin. In response, Russell returned the key to the town’s mayor.

The scenario was just one of many for …