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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 40

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 40 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 11 players who wore No. 40 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

With the 2023 NBA offseason here in full swing, a fair amount of attention tends to turn toward the history of the league. https://t.co/AXeyeRNwjL

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) August 10, 2023

On this day: Pitino hired; DJ retired; 1965 NBA draft; 1968 expansion draft

On this day, Rick Pitino was hired as head coach and team president of the Boston Celtics, Dennis Johnson retired, and 3 Cs were taken in the ’68 expansion draft.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former head coach and team president Rick Pitino was hired as head coach and general manager of the team in 1997. He had previously coached at the NBA level as a moderately successful head coach of the New York Knicks between 1987 and 1989, and most recently at Kentucky in the NCAA ranks.

His tenure with the Celtics went considerably worse, with the pressure to return to greatness after the longest losing streak in team history undoubtedly a factor in the several questionable ‘win-now’ decisions made by Pitino. The New Yorker would throw in the towel after four seasons with the franchise, amassing a 102-146 record in the regular season, good for a .411 winning percentage.

He never made the postseason in his role as team president and head coach.

On this day: Celtics sign Damon Jones; Oliver Lafayette debuts

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed guard Damon Jones and saw wing Oliver Lafayette debut.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team signed guard Damon Jones in 1999 to the first of two 10-day contracts as a late-season addition despite having no playoffs to play for.

The Galveston native was a career journeyman, undrafted out of Houston in 1997, and Boston the second of ten eventual stops for the shooter. In his brief stay of just 13 games with the Celtics, Jones logged 5.8 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 45.5 % from 3-point range. Unfortunately for the Texan, he only shot 38.7 % overall in an era that didn’t value the three quite the same.

Jones would continue on to sign with the Golden State Warriors over the summer.

On this day: Pitino hired; DJ retired; 1968 expansion draft takes 3 Cs

On this day, Rick Pitino was hired as head coach and team president of the Boston Celtics, Dennis Johnson retired, and 3 Cs were taken in the ’68 expansion draft.

His tenure with the Celtics went considerably worse, with the pressure to return to greatness after the longest losing streak in team history undoubtedly a factor in the several questionable ‘win-now’ decisions made by Pitino.The New Yorker would throw in the towel after four seasons with the franchise, amassing a 102 – 146 record in the regular season, good for a .411 winning percentage.

He never made the postseason in his role as team president and head coach.