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On this day: Celtic center Luke Harangody born; Wallace-Hoefer trade

On this day, former Celtic center Luke Harangody was born, and Boston traded Red Wallace for Charlie Hoefer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois back in 1988. Harangody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008.

Harangody was selected with the 52nd overall pick of the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. The Illinois native would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November of that same year, playing a total of 49 games for the team that drafted him.

Harangody was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.

Jan. 28, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics forward Luke Harangody against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Notre Dame gets big win over UConn in 2010

Remember this game?

Notre Dame’s season is about to begin, and it probably is going to be a rough one. So the only thing to do in this situation is look back on better times. In this case, let’s watch ESPN’s highlights of the Irish’s 58-50 victory over UConn in 2010, even though much of the clip talks about the Huskies’ NCAA Tournament bubble possibly bursting:

Indeed, the Irish’s victory in this Big East matchup was a big blow to the Huskies. More importantly, it improved the Irish’s NCAA Tournament resume, and they indeed made the Big Dance while the Huskies had to settle for the NIT.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about the game is that the Irish won it without the injured [autotag]Luke Harangody[/autotag]. Instead, [autotag]Tory Jackson[/autotag] scored all but two of his 22 points in the second half to lead the way.

Even though it’s been 10 years since the Irish left the Big East, do you still miss it? This clip definitely might make you.

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On this day: Celtics first game ever in 1946, MANY players, coach John Russell debut; Hal Crisler passes

On this day in Celtics history, the storied franchise played its first game.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise played the first game of its storied history in 1946 as it kicked off play in the brand-new Basketball Association of America, which became the National Basketball Association in 1949).

That first contest was not an auspicious one. The Celtics dropped their inaugural game to the (now defunct) Providence Steamrollers, 59-53. Boston fell to 0-1 to start the 1946-47 BAA season on a sour note that offered no hints of the many wins to come. It was of course the Celtics’ debut for the entire team, but in that era, sparse counting stat records were kept — or even conceived of.

With that in mind, let’s review the details we do have.

On this day: Clark, Doll born; Harangody, Davis signed; Wallace, Dragic cut; Smith, Cohen pass

On this day, Bob Doll and Carlos Clark were born, Glen Davis and Luke Harangody signed, Rasheed Wallace and Zoran Dragic were cut, and Derek Smith and Alan N. Cohen passed.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Bob Doll was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Playing both the center and power forward positions, Doll played his collegiate basketball for the University of Colorado, with which he won the Most Valuable Player award for the National Invitational Tournament in 1940.

Doll played several years in the Amateur Athletic Union after college before joining the (now defunct) St. Louis Bombers, for whom he played two seasons. He signed with the Celtics as a free agent in 1948, playing two seasons for the club.

The 6-foot-5 Coloradan averaged 7.3 points and 2.4 assists per game with Boston (rebounds had yet to be tabulated).

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 55

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 55 jersey for at least one game 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 13 players who wore No. 55 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Pierce, Jefferson, Allen, Bradley drafted; Jones born

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Paul Pierce, Al Jefferson, Tony Allen, and Avery Bradley; it is also the birthday of Celtics legend Sam Jones.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the 1998 NBA draft was held in General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and in it, the Celtics took only one player of note. The Celtics selected forward Paul Pierce out of Kansas with the 10th overall pick of the draft, a team the Californian was no fan of as a youth.

Even casual fans know the legacy of “the Truth” — as he was dubbed by future teammate Shaquille O’Neal in 2001 — has had on the franchise. An instrumental part of the 2008 title that brought Boston its league-record 17th championship, the Oakland native racked up a finals MVP for that series as well.

Over the course of his career with the Celtics, Pierce amassed 10 All-Star and four All-NBA elections, All-Rookie First Team, election to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, and several other honors

Most recent Notre Dame players to be NBA draft selections

All of these players did the Irish proud before making the jump.

Nobody on Notre Dame’s veteran-laden team from this past season will be selected in Thursday’s NBA draft. In fact, given the inexperience across the board on the upcoming season’s roster and under a new coach no less, it could be quite a while before we see another Notre Dame player drafted. On the bright side, that means no early departures except via the transfer portal. Then again, it sure would be nice to have NBA-ready talent in South Bend.

The only way to deal with a challenging present and short-term future is to look to the past. In this case, the way to go about that is to look at former players who heard their names called on draft night over the past several years. Of the 62 former Notre Dame players who have suited up in the NBA or ABA, 41 have entered professional basketball via the draft. Here are the most recent ones:

Top 10 Notre Dame men’s basketball players according to ChatGPT

Let’s see what AI knows about Irish men’s hoops.

For the past few months, I’ve heard quite a bit about the AI information bot known as ChatGPT. It was the subject of an episode during this past season of “South Park”. More importantly, I’ve heard how it’s such a game-changer that writing jobs are done for. We’ll see about that as I’m not too worried about it, but then again, I’m sure newspaper employees said the same thing about the internet in the mid-1990s.

When our editor Nick Shepkowski decided to ask ChatGPT what it thought Notre Dame’s 10 best football players were, I decided to follow suit and ask the same question but for the 10 best men’s basketball players instead. Keep in mind that even the bot knows this list is subjective:

“Please note that there are many other outstanding players who have played for Notre Dame and could also be included on this list.”

So keep that in mind as you go over the following list, which also includes ChatGPT’s description of each player:

On this day: Celtic center Luke Harangody born; Wallace-Hoefer trade

On this day, former Celtic center Luke Harangody was born, and Boston traded Red Wallace for Charlie Hoefer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois back in 1988. Harangody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008.

Harangody was selected with the 52nd overall pick of the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. The Illinois native would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November of that same year, playing a total of 49 games for the team that drafted him.

Harangody was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.

Jan. 28, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics forward Luke Harangody against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

On this day: Celtics first game ever in 1946, MANY players, coach John Russell debut; Hal Crisler passes

On this day in Celtics history, the storied franchise played its first game.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise played the first game of its storied history in 1946 as it kicked off play in the brand-new Basketball Association of America, which became the National Basketball Association in 1949).

That first contest was not an auspicious one. The Celtics dropped their inaugural game to the (now defunct) Providence Steamrollers, 59-53. Boston fell to 0-1 to start the 1946-47 BAA season on a sour note that offered no hints of the many wins to come.

It was of course the Celtics’ debut for the entire team, but in that era, sparse counting stat records were kept — or even conceived of. With that in mind, let’s review the details we do have.