Tag: john mahnken

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. 16

Today’s installment focuses on the seven players who wore No. 16 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, their unretired jersey numbers pack 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 seven players who wore No. 16 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: ex-Boston big man John Mahnken born; former owner Louis Pieri passes

On this day, former Boston Celtics big man John Mahnken was born in West New York, New Jersey, and team minority owner Louis Pieri left us.

On this day, former Boston Celtics big man John Mahnken was born in 1922 in West New York, New Jersey.

A 6-foot-8, 220 lb. alum of Georgetown University, Mahnken would be signed by the Rochester Royals (now known as the Sacramento Kings) of the National Basketball League (NBL — a competing league that would later be absorbed by the NBA) after returning from service in the second world war. The former Hoya signed with the Washington Capitals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) after the war in 1946, where he would see a face that would become quite familiar in his later life.

It just so happened to be coached by a one Red Auerbach, later to be his coach in Boston as well.

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. 16

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 16 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, their unretired jersey numbers pack 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 seven players who wore No. 16 over the years as of September 2022.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 16

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 16 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 seven players who wore No. 16 over the years.

On this day: ex Boston Celtic big man John Mahnken born

On this day in 1922, former Boston Celtics big man John Mahnken was born in West New York, New Jersey.

On this day, former Boston Celtics big man John Mahnken was born in 1922 in West New York, New Jersey.

A 6-foot-8, 220 lb. product of Georgetown University, Mahnken would be signed by the Rochester Royals (now the Sacramento Kings) of the National Basketball League (later absorbed by the NBA) after returning from service in the second world war.

The former Hoya would sign with the Washington Capitals of the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) in 1946, then coached by a one Red Auerbach, later to be his coach in Boston as well.

Mahnken would be traded a total of five times before landing with the Celtics in 1951 for his first multi-season stretch of his career since it began.

He spent four seasons total playing for Boston, recording 3.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game.

It would be the last stop of a seven-season career pre-dating even the BAA, after which Mahnken would virtually disappear from professional basketball circles until shortly before he passed in 2000.

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