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On this day: Sam Cassell traded to Kings; Phil Pressey born

On this day in Celtics history, former Boston guard Sam Cassell was dealt to the Sacramento Kings, and Phil Pressey was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics veteran guard Sam Cassell was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 2009. Cassell was traded to the Kings for a conditional second-round draft pick halfway through the 2008-09 season after winning a championship with Boston, and never actually played for Sacramento.

Instead, the Florida State product served as something of an assistant for the team’s head coach Doc Rivers before the trade while not playing any games despite being listed as an active player. It was, oddly enough, the second time in his pro career that he was traded on this day.

Cassell had previously been shipped to the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets by the Dallas Mavericks.

On this day: Stevens, Olynyk, Pressey, Johnson, Langford debut; Rondo 24 asts

On this day, Boston coach Brad Stevens and Celtics Joe Johnson, Kelly Olynyk, Phil Pressey, Jared Sullinger, and Romeo Langford debuted for the team, while Rajon Rondo dropped 24 assists.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics head coach and current Boston President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens coached his first regular-season game in that role after being hired away from the Butler Bulldogs earlier in the year to head to the Celtics to accept his first NBA job.

The tilt was unfortunately a loss to the Toronto Raptors to start the Stevens era with the franchise, though at least a close one to the tune of 93-87. Stevens’ best performing players were forward Jeff Green with 25 points and 5 rebounds, and big man Brandon Bass with 17 points.

The game wasn’t just Stevens’ first with the Celtics.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 26

Today’s installment focuses on the nine players who wore No. 26 over the years as of August 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 and decades of competitive basketball played in them, 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 nine players who wore No. 26 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: Anderson, Potapenko dealt; Pressey inked; Archibald cut

On this day, the Boston Celtics traded Kenny Anderson, Vitaly Potapenko, and Joseph Forte, signed Phil Pressey, and waived Nate Archibald.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise traded point guard Kenny Anderson with shooting guard Joseph Forte and big man Vitaly Potapenko to the Seattle SuperSonics for power forward Vin Baker and combo guard Shammond Williams.

Anderson had himself been dealt to the Celtics in 1998 from the Toronto Raptors with Popeye Jones and Žan Tabak for Chauncey Billups, Dee Brown, Roy Rogers, and John Thomas, and had become an important part of the team in the interim. Boston even made it as far as the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals with Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker during the Queens native’s tenure with the team.

Anderson averaged 11.3 points, 3 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game while with the Celtics.

On this day: Avery Bradley, Abdel Nader inked; Bill Dinwiddie, Luke Kornet born

On this day, the Boston Celtics re-signed Avery Bradley and Abdel Nader, and former Boston big man Bill Dinwiddie was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics re-signed guard Avery Bradley to a four-year, $32 million deal, fully guaranteed with no player or team options in 2014.

Bradley had been drafted by the Celtics with the 19th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft out of the University of Texas and would remain with the team until the final season of that new contract. After he began its final season, he would be traded to the Detroit Pistons with draft assets in exchange for small forward Marcus Morris Sr., one of the last remaining players from the team’s last era of contention.

Bradley’s trade was necessitated by the signing of former Utah Jazz All-Star forward Gordon Hayward in the summer of 2017. He averaged 12.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game while with the team.

Boston’s Phil Pressey on rejoining the Celtics as an assistant coach

“I’m just happy to be able to be back and transition to coaching and be able to help out as much as possible,” said Pressey.

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Ex-Boston Celtics point guard and recent assistant coaching hire Phil Pressey recently shared how his new job came to fruition in an interview with The Athletic’s Jared Weiss.

“Just maintaining relationships; it started with Danny Ainge,” explained Pressey.

“When I played here, I was able to communicate with him and stay in contact with him and now with (team president) Brad (Stevens), he’s been very instrumental in me transitioning to coaching and now is having me be a part of the staff and just learn from (head coach) Joe (Mazzulla) and the rest of the staff.”

Pressey, who played for Boston for two seasons between 2013 and 2015, made the leap to coaching with his alma mater Missouri before rejoining the Celtics organization this offseason.

“Celtics have a big history. My time playing here, I was able to feel it,” said Pressey. “The fans are very supportive, the organization is big-time. So I’m just happy to be able to be back and transition to coaching and be able to help out as much as possible.”

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Former Boston point guard Phil Pressey’s first interview as an assistant coach

Pressey talked about his visits to Boston during the season last year, how the deal to hire him ended up coming together, and what he’s seen from the Celtics in the time since he played for them.

Former Boston Celtics floor general Phil Pressey talked to the media while in Nevada for the NBA’s 2023 Las Vegas Summer League for the first time since the head coach of the Celtics, Joe Mazzulla, hired him as an assistant coach.

Pressey talked about his visits to Boston during the season last year, how the deal to hire him ended up coming together and what he’s seen from the Celtics in the time since he played for them almost a decade ago.

Pressey went on to play for other teams in the league and abroad and was on the staff at the University of Missouri, his alma mater, last season as he made the leap to the other side of the clipboard.

To hear all the new Boston assistant had to say about his new job with the Celtics and his thoughts on the task at hand, be sure to check out the clip embedded by the folks at the CLNS Media Boston Sports Network YouTube channel.

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Celtics Lab 202: Surveying Boston’s prospects for the 2023 NBA draft with Bryan Kalbrosky

The 2023 NBA draft could be key to any big moves made by Boston or they could have a quiet night picking No. 35; we explore that range.

The 2023 NBA draft takes place this Thursday, June 22. While the Boston Celtics traded their first-round pick, they possess an intriguing selection at the top of the second round via a pick owed them by the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 35.

The Celtics could trade up, back or out depending on what sort of trades might be on the table ahead of their time on the clock late Thursday evening. Offseason rumblings have already connected several Boston players with potential moves around the league.

To get a handle on which prospects might be of interest to the Celtics, where in the draft they might be, and what Boston might need to do to get there, the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast brought on friend of the pod Bryan Kalbrosky of For The Win and USA TODAY.

The trio makes sense of the first big trade of the 2023 offseason: Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns. They dive into some of the meatier rumors making the rounds, take a first look at the hire of Phil Pressey as an assistant, and tie it all to the main event on Thursday.

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Report: Phil Pressey to join Boston Celtics as an assistant under Joe Mazzulla

Pressey played for Boston between 2013 and 2015.

Another familiar face has been added to the Boston Celtics bench to support head coach Joe Mazzulla in the 2023-24 NBA season.

That familiar face is former Celtics point guard Phil Pressey, who played for Boston between 2013 and 2015, per new reporting from the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach.

After several seasons elsewhere in the NBA and in Europe, Pressey took a job as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Missouri, last season. The 32-year-old former floor general is likely not the last coaching hire the Celtics will make this season.

They have already hired former Boston point guard Sam Cassell and Milwaukee Bucks assistant Charles Lee as bench assistants.

According to Himmelsbach, “the Celtics are planning to add one or two more behind-the-bench coaches to Mazzulla’s staff in the coming weeks.”

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On this day: Sam Cassell traded to Kings; Phil Pressey born

On this day in Celtics history, former Boston guard Sam Cassell was dealt to the Sacramento Kings, and Phil Pressey was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics veteran guard Sam Cassell was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 2009. Cassell was traded to the Kings for a conditional second-round draft pick halfway through the 2008-09 season after winning a championship with Boston, and never actually played for Sacramento.

Instead, the Florida State product served as something of an assistant for the team’s head coach Doc Rivers before the trade while not playing any games despite being listed as an active player. It was, oddly enough, the second time in his pro career that he was traded on this day.

Cassell had previously been shipped to the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets by the Dallas Mavericks.