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On this day: Celtic center Luke Harangody born; Wallace-Hoefer trade

On this day, former Celtic center Luke Harangody was born, and Boston traded Red Wallace for Charlie Hoefer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois back in 1988. Harangody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008.

Harangody was selected with the 52nd overall pick of the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. The Illinois native would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November of that same year, playing a total of 49 games for the team that drafted him.

Harangody was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.

Jan. 28, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics forward Luke Harangody against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

On this day: Celtics first game ever in 1946, MANY players, coach John Russell debut; Hal Crisler passes

On this day in Celtics history, the storied franchise played its first game.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise played the first game of its storied history in 1946 as it kicked off play in the brand-new Basketball Association of America, which became the National Basketball Association in 1949).

That first contest was not an auspicious one. The Celtics dropped their inaugural game to the (now defunct) Providence Steamrollers, 59-53. Boston fell to 0-1 to start the 1946-47 BAA season on a sour note that offered no hints of the many wins to come. It was of course the Celtics’ debut for the entire team, but in that era, sparse counting stat records were kept — or even conceived of.

With that in mind, let’s review the details we do have.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 13

Today’s installment focuses on the 24 players who wore No. 13 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 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 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Garnett, Pierce, Terry traded; Silas, Riebe, Wallace born; Butler passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics dealt away the remainder of their 2008 title team to the Brooklyn Nets in one of the most lopsided trades in NBA history.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise dealt away the remainder of the Banner 17 title team in 2013. The Celtics traded big man Kevin Garnett, forward Paul Pierce, guard Jason Terry, and forward D.J. White to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for forwards Gerald Wallace and Kris Humphries, wing Keith Bogans, guard MarShon Brooks, forward Kris Joseph.

The deal would also include three future first-round draft picks and the right to swap first-round picks in the 2017 NBA draft. The move put an end to a 15-season career with the team for Pierce, and six for Garnett: Terry and White had played just one season each with Boston.

One of the most lopsided trades in NBA history, the Celtics would begin using the haul to rebuild immediately. Only out of the playoffs for a single season, team president at that time Danny Ainge pulled off one of the better jobs rebuilding a program after its core aged out in modern league memory.

On this day: Avery traded; Olynyk, Knight signed; Barnett, Simmons born; Wallace passes

On this date in 2017, the Boston Celtics traded veteran guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, veteran combo guard Avery Bradley was traded with draft assets to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris Sr. as part of the process of making cap space on the roster after signing Utah Jazz Star Gordon Hayward in 2017.

Avery, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound native of Tacoma, Washington, was drafted by the Celtics out of the University of Texas with the 19th pick of the 2010 NBA draft. The former Longhorn quickly made a name for himself as one of the league’s best man-to-man defenders while coming up with the aging core of the 2008 title team.

In total, the former Texas standout played for the team for seven seasons, averaging 12.1 points, 3.1 assists, and 1.7 rebounds per game.

On this day: Celtic center Luke Harangody born; Wallace-Hoefer trade

On this day, former Celtic center Luke Harangody was born, and Boston traded Red Wallace for Charlie Hoefer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois back in 1988. Harangody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008.

Harangody was selected with the 52nd overall pick of the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. The Illinois native would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November of that same year, playing a total of 49 games for the team that drafted him.

Harangody was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.

Jan. 28, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics forward Luke Harangody against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

On this day: Celtics first game ever in 1946, MANY players, coach John Russell debut; Hal Crisler passes

On this day in Celtics history, the storied franchise played its first game.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise played the first game of its storied history in 1946 as it kicked off play in the brand-new Basketball Association of America, which became the National Basketball Association in 1949).

That first contest was not an auspicious one. The Celtics dropped their inaugural game to the (now defunct) Providence Steamrollers, 59-53. Boston fell to 0-1 to start the 1946-47 BAA season on a sour note that offered no hints of the many wins to come.

It was of course the Celtics’ debut for the entire team, but in that era, sparse counting stat records were kept — or even conceived of. With that in mind, let’s review the details we do have.

On this day: Celtic center Luke Harangody born; Wallace-Hoefer trade

On this day, former Celtic center Luke Harangody was born, and Boston traded Red Wallace for Charlie Hoefer.

On this day in 1988, former Boston Celtics big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois.

Harongody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008 before being selected 52nd overall by the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. He would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November, playing 49 games for the team before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.

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