Tag: Joel Anthony

Who are the best international players to play for the Boston Celtics?

From Charlie Hoefer to Alaa Abdenaby to Rick Fox to Kristaps Porzingis, there has been no shortage of players who were born abroad who have worn the green and white.

The Boston Celtics are a storied franchise for more than just their titles. They have been a trailblazing team in terms of signing and fielding players from all over the world, a philosophy that started in their first season.

From Charlie Hoefer to Alaa Abdelnaby to Rick Fox to Kristaps Porzingis, there has been no shortage of players born abroad who have worn the green and white.

But who were the best and who were the worst? What criteria should we use to judge them across eras? In the spirit of the annual arrival of #RankingSeason, the thing to do is try.

And try the hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” did on a recent episode.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear how they assessed the international Celtics of all time.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

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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.

Ish Smith tells funny ‘process’ Sixers story regarding Joel Anthony

Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Ish Smith tells a story from the process days regarding Joel Anthony.

The Philadelphia 76ers are a long way off from the infamous “process”, but it’s still funny now and then to look back on what was some of the darkest years in Sixers franchise history.

Former Sixers process champion, and now Washington Wizards guard, Ish Smith was asked by Go For It radio about a funny process moment with the Sixers and he had one at the ready.

Smith recalled a 3-team trade the Sixers made with the Houston Rockets and the Detroit Pistons back in 2016 that would have sent Joel Anthony to Philadelphia. The trade would have affected everybody’s money, but it was voided after Donatas Motiejunas failed his physical with the Pistons.

Smith recalled:

We knew that if the money wasn’t right, then we were going to get a certain amount. They end up making a trade for Joel Anthony so they can make the money right and we wouldn’t get the extra money…so we were like, and nothing against Joel, we were like ‘Man!’ and it ended up like, we come in the locker room and we’re thinking we’re going to see him in the locker room and they were like ‘No, the trade didn’t go through’. I want to say somebody failed his physical and we were so hype!

Playing for the process Sixers was already a chore, the least they could do was earn themselves some extra money. [lawrence-related id=25670,25663,25657]