Tag: K.C. Jones

On this day: Jones resigns, Rodgers hired coach; beat 76ers in ’81 ECF

On this day former Boston Celtics player and coach K.C. Jones resigned as head coach, and assistant Jimmy Rodgers stepped into the role.

On this day in 1988, Boston Celtics head coach and former player K.C. Jones resigned as coach unexpectedly on completion of the 1987-88 NBA season.

Jones, an eight-time NBA champion with the team as a point guard, would win two more rings as head coach (one in 1984, the other in 1986), and would be designated coach of the NBA All-Star game for Boston four times between 1984 and 1987.

The USF product coached the Celtics for five seasons beginning in 1983-84, and amassed a 308-102 regular season record and a 65-37 playoff record, good for .751 and .637 winning percentages, respectively.

Jones would linger with the organization a bit longer with Boston’s front office for the 1988-89 season before leaving to join the Seattle Supersonics as an assistant coach and consultant.

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Ranking the top five point guards in Boston Celtics history

The Boston Celtics have had some of the greatest floor generals in NBA history — but who are the five best to play for the team?

After more than seven decades of experience and more championships than any other team in the NBA, the Boston Celtics have piled up a lot of great point guards over the years.

But who are the best of the greatest floor generals in the history of the franchise?

It’s possible to define “greatest” in many ways, but for the purposes of this exercise, we are restricting it exclusively to the accomplishments of a given point guard to what they did as a Celtic.

So if you are puzzled as to the exclusion of a Gary Payton, for example, while he’s undoubtedly among the most accomplished point guards in Celtics history, most of his accolades came while with other franchises.

Longevity, consistency and context matter too, so a player who had a long career with only a few banners but a big role in those they did win might be ranked higher than someone who has more rings, but perhaps played less a role in winning them.

So, with that said — who are the greatest point guards in Boston’s history?

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Celtics coach Brad Stevens earned win No. 300 against Orlando Magic

Celtics coach Brad Stevens is one of the top coaches in the NBA because of how he’s created a culture of consistency.

With his calm and poised demeanor, Brad Stevens has established the Boston Celtics as one of the most consistent teams in the NBA the past few seasons.

Stevens, who began coaching the Celtics in the 2013-14 season, achieved a career milestone Friday night that put him with some of the best coaches in franchise history.

With the Celtics’ win over the Orlando Magic, Stevens earned his 300th win, per NBC Sports Boston’s A. Sherrod Blakely. Stevens is now the fifth coach in team history to have 300 wins, joining Red Auerbach, Tommy Heinsohn, Doc Rivers and K.C. Jones. Stevens is nine wins from passing Jones for fourth on the list.

Stevens is in his seventh season coaching the Celtics, which currently rank fourth in the Eastern Conference. He has only missed the playoffs once in his tenure with the Celtics, and that was his first season coaching the team.

Since that first season, Stevens has helped lead the Celtics to as far as the Eastern Conference Finals in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, the Celtics lost in Game 7 to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Celtics will play the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans on Sunday at 6 p.m. EST.

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