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On this day: Greg Minor, Maurice King debut for Boston

On this day, a pair of Celtics made their first appearances for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Greg Minor made his debut for the team, the first game of a five-season career with the franchise. An alum of the University of Louisville where he averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and made two trips to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament, Minor would end up being drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers 25th overall in the 1994 NBA draft without ever actually playing for them.

The Georgia native would be traded the day after the draft to the Indiana Pacers with Mark Jackson for Eric Piatkowski, Pooh Richardson, and Malik Sealy, then waived by the Pacers.

He was then picked up by the Celtics as a free agent a few days later.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 19

Today’s installment focuses on the six players who wore No. 19 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 six players who wore No. 19 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Greg Minor, Maurice King debut for Boston

On this day, a pair of Celtics made their first appearances for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Greg Minor made his debut for the team, the first game of a five-season career with the franchise. A product of the University of Louisville where he averaged 12.6 points and 5.6 rebounds per game and make two trips to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament, Minor would end up being drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers 25th overall in the 1994 NBA draft without ever actually playing for them.

The Georgia native would be traded the day after the draft to the Indiana Pacers with Mark Jackson for Eric Piatkowski, Pooh Richardson, and Malik Sealy, then waived by the Pacers.

He was then picked up by the Celtics as a free agent a few days later.

On this day: former Celtics Rasheed Wallace, Kermit Washington born

Former Celtic big men Rasheed Wallace and Kermit Washington were born on this day.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Rasheed Wallace was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1974. A product of the University of North Carolina, Wallace made First Team All Atlantic Coast Conference in 1995 before he would be taken by the Washington (then) Bullets (now, Wizards) fourth overall in the NBA draft that same year.

Wallace would play for that team, the Portland Trail Blazers, Atlanta Hawks, and Detroit Pistons (where he would win a title in 2004) before joining the Celtics in free agency in 2009. The UNC product would sign a three-year deal with Boston that summer.

The big man had a tough season with the team in terms of production during the regular season, registering at or near-career lows in several counting stats.