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On this day: Crawford, Pinkney born; G. Williams, Edwards, Watt debut

On this day, Jordan Crawford and Kevinn Pinkney were born and a number of Celtics made their debut.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, shooting guard Jordan Crawford was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1988. Crawford played collegiately with the Indiana Hoosiers and the Xavier Musketeers, having been drafted 27th overall by the (then) New Jersey Nets (now, Brooklyn). He would not play for that club, however, his rights having been traded to the Atlanta Hawks later that summer.

Crawford would play with Atlanta and the Washington Wizards before he was traded to the Celtics for Leandro Barbosa and Jason Collins in February of 2013. He would begin his second season with the team as Boston’s starting point guard with Rajon Rondo out injured.

As a result, Crawford would start in 35 of the 39 games he played with the Celtics that season.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 51

Today’s installment focuses on the five players who wore No. 51 over the years as of Aug. 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 five players who wore No. 51 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded

On this day, former Boston Celtics forward Joe Johnson was born, Kevinn Pinkney traded, and Eric Montross and Darren Tillis drafted.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Celtics draft pick Joe Johnson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. Johnson would play his collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas, which he would lead to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2000.

The Little Rock native would be drafted by the Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft with the 10th overall pick of the draft and would play for Boston for 48 games of his rookie season before being traded. The small forward would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio, and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers in February of 2002, then rejoin Boston for a single game in 2022.

The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.

On this day: Boston snaps Orlando Magic’s 51-game home streak; Pinkney debuts, Theis born

On this day in 1996, the Celtics snap the Magic’s 51-game home winning streak, Daniel Theis was born and Kevinn Pinkney was born,

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team snapped the Orlando Magic’s 51-game home winning streak in 1996 — an NBA record at the time — with a 100-98 victory on the road. Orlando had not lost a home game to an opponent since April of 1994.

Point guard David Wesley led Boston with 22 points and 7 rebounds, and forward Rick Fox added 16 points, 6 boards, and 5 assists. Reserve guard Dee Brown contributed 15 points and 6 assists off the bench, and big man Pervis Ellison chipped in 13 points, 7 boards, and 6 blocks for the win.

“Certainly, we’re not the same team with Penny [Hardaway] and Shaq both off the floor, but we’re still good enough to win this game this evening,” said Magic head coach Brian Hill after the loss (via the New York Times’ Clifton Brown). “We had a double-digit lead in the second half.”

“We still should have won,” he added.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 51

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 51 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 five players who wore No. 51 over the years.

On this day: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded

On this day, former Boston Celtics forward Joe Johnson was born, Kevinn Pinkney traded, and Eric Montross and Darren Tillis drafted.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Celtics draft pick Joe Johnson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981. Johnson would play his collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas, which he would lead to the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2000.

The Little Rock native would be drafted by the Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft with the 10th overall pick of the draft, and would play for Boston for 48 games of his rookie season before being traded. The small forward would be dealt with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio and draft assets to the Phoenix Suns for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers in February of 2002.

The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.