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Celtics Lab 159: On fake jerseys for real Boston wins, fantasy sports and remembering Paul Silas with Pete Rogers

This episode of the Lab, we remember Paul Silas and get the backstory on all those awesome jersey designs we’ve been seeing for Celtics wins.

For the second time this season, the Boston Celtics have lost two games in a row and the team is clearly in a funk. With the Celtics’ vibes in the gutter, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” reached out to Pete Rogers of Nerdball Fantasy Football to shift the vibes back in a winning direction.

If you’re confused, it’s likely because we buried the lede here. Pete is better known to Boston fans as the guy who makes the new Celtics jerseys every time the club wins.

We talk about how he started the graphic design hijinks, his favorites so far, their inspiration and what might be coming.

We even pick his brain at the end of the pod on Fantasy Football tips just in time for the playoffs and spend some time earlier in the pod paying tribute to Celtics great Paul Silas, who left us this week.

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Rockets coach John Lucas loves clutch scoring, impeccable defense by Jalen Green

“I think Jalen had one of his finest games,” John Lucas says of Jalen Green. “He made his free throws. He attacked. What is even funnier was that his defense was impeccable.” #Rockets

HOUSTON — Rockets guard Jalen Green was unhappy after Thursday’s 118-109 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, a team that had lost 11 consecutive games and was not playing good basketball in recent weeks.

Green and his teammates came into that game after a dramatic double-overtime win over the Philadelphia 76ers, and there may have been something of an emotional letdown.

Green took that loss to the Spurs to heart because he was not nearly as effective as he needed to be, scoring just 14 points on 5-of-17 shooting (29.4%) from the field.

“I know we could have played a lot better, including myself,” a dejected Green said in the visiting locker room in San Antonio.

Three nights later, Green bounced back with one of his best performances of the 2022-23 season, scoring 12 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter as Houston defeated Milwaukee, 97-92. It was his sixth 30-point game this season and third in nine games.

“I just know that my team depends on me in situations like that,” Green said of Sunday’s fourth-quarter outburst, which included three free throws in the game’s final minute to break open what had been a tie score. “All that hard work I put in is paying off.”

The win was an emotional one for the Rockets, who played without head coach Stephen Silas following the death of his father, Paul Silas, a former NBA player and head coach. Assistant coach John Lucas is filling in as acting head coach and liked the overall effort by his team on Sunday night, and particularly Green’s play.

“I think Jalen had one of his finest games,” Lucas said postgame of Green, who also tied his season-high with 7 rebounds on Sunday night versus the Bucks. “He made his free throws. He attacked. What is even funnier was that his defense was impeccable.”

In this season’s eight wins for the Rockets (8-18), Green is averaging 27.6 points on 50.7% shooting, and he has been instrumental in Houston’s current four-game winning streak at Toyota Center.

“There is nothing like being at home,” a smiling Green said postgame. “I just feel comfortable being at home.”

In Game 2 of a season-long homestand of seven games, Green and the Rockets hope to build on that momentum when Phoenix visits Toyota Center on Tuesday. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. Central.

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LeBron James reflects on the life of Paul Silas, his first NBA coach

LeBron James talks about his memories of Paul Silas, his first NBA head coach, who passed away on Sunday.

On Sunday, the NBA world lost a big-time contributor when Paul Silas passed away at the age of 79.

He started his NBA playing career in the 1964-65 season as a second-round draft pick by the St. Louis Hawks. He established himself as one of the league’s prototypical rugged power forwards of the 1970s.

Silas was a monster on the boards who averaged double-figures in rebounding in eight different seasons, and he won three world championships, two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics.

He later became a longtime coach, which is when he crossed paths with LeBron James, as he was the four-time MVP’s first head coach during the 2003-04 season.

Right after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Detroit Pistons, 124-117, on Sunday, James talked about what Silas meant to him.

“Probably one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever been around,” said James. “The start of my journey in this league started with him. His command, his principles, his attention to detail, his love for family – I feel for his whole family, his beautiful wife, obviously Stephen Silas down in Houston. Every time I will go back to Charlotte he would always come to the games, and I would always try to look for him in the crowd. To hear that news is very sad, so for myself and my teammates that played for coach Silas throughout those years in Cleveland, our well-wishes and our hearts go out to the Silas family.”

Silas lives on through his son Stephen, who is the head coach of the Houston Rockets.

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Boston Celtics champion forward Paul Silas: An NBA career in photos

Rest in Peace to a giant of the league.

Paul Silas, a three-time NBA champion — two of which he won playing for the Boston Celtics —  has passed away. A native of Prescott, Arkansas who played for Creighton collegiately, Silas was drafted with the 10th overall pick of the 1964 NBA draft by the organization that is today the Atlanta Hawks (then based out of St. Louis, Missouri).

Silas would play for that team, the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, and Seattle SuperSonics (today’s Oklahoma City Thunder) in addition to the Celtics as a decorated player. The two-time All-Star forward would go on to have a three-decade career as an assistant and head coach in the NBA before retiring in 2012.

Let’s take a look at his career in photos.

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Boston Celtics alumni, NBA react to Paul Silas’ passing

The Creighton standout played for Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, and Seattle SuperSonics organizations over the course of his career as a player beyond Boston.

Three-time NBA champion Boston Celtics alumnus Paul Silas has passed away at age 79 per the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan, sending shockwaves through the wider Celtics alumni and NBA communities.

The Creighton standout played for Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets, and Seattle SuperSonics organizations over the course of his career as a player beyond Boston, and the Charlotte Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and several other ball clubs as a head or assistant coach over a three-decade career on the other side of the clipboard. Silas’ careers as a player and a coach touched the lives of many around the NBA community, many of whom took to social media to share memories of the Arkansas native’s life.

Let’s take a look at what they had to say about the Celtics champion forward.

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Stephen Silas taking time away from Rockets after death of father, Paul Silas

John Lucas is leading the #Rockets as head coach for the time being after the death of Paul Silas, father of Houston’s Stephen Silas.

Paul Silas, a former NBA coach with multiple teams and a championship player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday morning at the age of 79. His son, Stephen Silas, is head coach of the Houston Rockets.

“The Fertitta family and the Rockets organization are deeply saddened by the passing of Paul Silas, father of Rockets head coach Stephen Silas,” the team said in a statement. “Our heartfelt thoughts are with Stephen and his family during this difficult time.”

“Paul Silas was a three-time NBA champion and a premier rebounder and defender during his 16 seasons before serving as coach for over two decades, including several years with Stephen working alongside him,” Sunday’s statement concludes.

Per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, Silas will not be with the team for Sunday’s home game versus Milwaukee. Veteran assistant John Lucas will replace Silas on the sidelines, as he did when Silas missed time in October after contracting COVID-19.

With 387 career victories, the elder Silas ranks in the top 55 of all-time coaching wins after stints with the San Diego Clippers, Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Bobcats. Stephen worked for his father in some sort of assistant capacity at multiple stops along the way, effectively giving him an introduction to the world of NBA coaching.

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Former Boston Celtics champion forward Paul Silas passes away at age 79

In Boston, Silas won two NBA titles in 1974 and 1976, made All-Star again in 1975, and made All-Defensive First Team in 1975 and 1976.

Three-time NBA champion Boston Celtics forward Paul Theron Silas has passed away per the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan and confirmed by the Houston Rockets, who are coached by Paul’s son, Stephen Silas.

The Prescott, Arkansas, native was born on July 12, 1943, and played his college ball at Creighton. He was drafted 10th overall by the (then) St. Louis Hawks (now, Atlanta).

He played five seasons for the Hawks before being dealt to the Phoenix Suns, with whom he made his first All-Star game in 1972. Silas was dealt to the Celtics at the end of that season in exchange for the rights to Charlie Scott. In Boston, Silas won NBA titles in 1974 and 1976, made All-Star Game again in 1975, and made All-Defensive first team in 1975 and 1976 after a reluctant start with the ball club.

Dealt to the Denver Nuggets in 1976 as part of a three-team deal that netted the Celts Curtis Rowe, Silas played one season in Colorado before being traded to the Seattle SuperSonics, with whom he won his third and final title in 1979.

Silas transitioned into coaching after his playing career ended, working as an assistant with the (then) San Diego Clippers (now, Los Angeles), (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets, New York Knicks, Suns and Charlotte Hornets.

He was the head coach for the Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Bobcats (now, Hornets).

Rest In Peace.

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On this day: Thompson, Counts, Bonham drafted; Garnett cut; Jones signed

On this day, Celtics champions John Thompson and Ron Bonham were drafted in 1964, and several notable roster changes took place.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied Massachusetts franchise would select four players of note in the 1964 NBA draft, held in New York City as it typically was in that era.

They did not however draft future Celtics champion forward Paul Silas, who was instead taken out of Creighton University by the (then) St. Louis (now, Atlanta) Hawks in the second round of the draft with the 10th overall pick (there were many more rounds with far fewer teams in that era of the draft). Silas would play for the Hawks in St. Louis and after they moved to Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Phoenix Suns before being dealt to Boston in the spring of 1972.

There, he would win two banners, be elected to multiple All-Defensive teams, and an All-Star Game — among many other honors.

On this day: Celtics Scott born; Battie traded; Gamble debuted

On this day, former Celtic champion Charlie Scott was born, Tony Battie was traded, and Kevin Gamble debuted for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion point and shooting guard Charles Thomas Scott was born in New York City, New York in 1948. Better known as “Charlie” to many Celtics fans, the New Yorker famously broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed school’s first Black scholarship athlete before he was drafted by Boston with the 106th pick of the 1970 NBA draft (there were many more rounds in that era).

Before he finished his NCAA days, he would also win a Gold medal in the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico along with future teammate Jo Jo White.

Though drafted by Boston, Scott instead signed with the American Basketball Association’s (ABA — a competing league that would later merge with the NBA) Virginia Squires for most of two seasons.