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On this day: Red passes; KC Jones coach, Hudson, Rozier, Mickey, R. Morgan, Cook player debuts; Nelson signed

On this day, legendary Boston Celtics team president and coach Red Auerbach passed away in 2006.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics team president and coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach passed away at the age of 89 in 2006. Auerbach assembled a career in basketball unparalleled in its time and to this day, winning nine titles with the team as a coach, and seven more as an executive.

He joined the franchise in 1950 after stints coaching the Washington Capitols (now defunct) in the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) and at the NCAA level as an assistant coach with the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Celtics.

Red — as he was often called — transformed the game with his emphasis on the fast break and team-focused play reliant on ball movement at all positions.

Is Boston’s Jaylen Brown overpaid? One NBA legend thinks so

Old man yelling at cloud, or legitimate criticism?

Not everyone is a fan of the supermax contract extension the Boston Celtics recently tendered to All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown, and famed enforcer Charles Oakley is among them.

The legendary forward took umbrage with Brown’s historically massive new deal, suggesting the Georgia native was not even a top 30 player in the league, never mind worthy of the contract he is now the owner of.

Oakley also griped about rule enforcement — we’ll leave the enforcer joke on the table — in the Association today, suggesting that too many players get paid too much money. Old man yelling at cloud, or legitimate criticism?

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear Oak get into all the above with Los Angeles Laker legend Norm Cook and decide for yourself whether Oakley has a point about today’s NBA.

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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 52

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 52 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 seven players who wore No. 52 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Bob Cousy goes for 50, Vitaly Potapenko, Norman Cook born

The Celtics saw legendary guard Bob Cousy go for 50 points in the team’s first-ever series-clincher in a 4-OT thriller on this date in 1953.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the franchise won their first-ever playoff series against the (then) Syracuse Nationals (now, Philadelphia 76ers) in 1953 at home behind a 50-point eruption from legendary Boston point guard Bob Cousy in a 111-105, four-overtime affair.

The win was a most spectacular one, coming in a four-overtime victory over the Syracuse Nationals at the old Boston Garden, and saw Cooz head to the free throw line for 32 attempts in the pre-shot-clock contest, of which he managed to convert a very healthy 30 of them. Several records were set in the contest, including Cousy’s 30 points at the line being the most in league history up to that point.

Two players from the Nationals — Red Rocha and Paul Seymour — set the record for most minutes played in a playoff game at 67, with Cousy right behind them at 66.

On this day: Red passes; KC Jones coach, Hudson, Rozier, Mickey, R. Morgan, Cook player debuts; Nelson signed

On this day, legendary Boston Celtics team president and coach Red Auerbach passed away in 2006.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics team president and coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach passed away at the age of 89 in 2006. Auerbach assembled a career in basketball unparalleled in its time and to this day, winning nine titles with the team as a coach, and seven more as an executive.

He joined the franchise in 1950 after stints coaching the Washington Capitols (now defunct) in the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) and at the NCAA level as an assistant coach with the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Celtics.

Red — as he was often called — transformed the game with his emphasis on the fast break and team-focused play reliant on ball movement at all positions.

On this day: Red passes; KC Jones coach, Hudson, Rozier, Mickey, R. Morgan, Cook player debuts; Nelson signed

On this day, legendary Boston Celtics team president and coach Red Auerbach passed away in 2006.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics team president and coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach passed away at the age of 89 in 2006. Auerbach assembled a career in basketball unparalleled in its time and to this day, winning nine titles with the team as a coach, and seven more as an executive.

He joined the franchise in 1950 after stints coaching the Washington Capitols (now defunct) in the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) and at the NCAA level as an assistant coach with the Duke Blue Devils before joining the Celtics.

Red — as he was often called — transformed the game with his emphasis on the fast break and team-focused play reliant on ball movement at all positions.