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Celtics alum Rick Fox on how his concrete alternative can help save the planet

“We will lead, but we don’t want to be the only ones leading. Others need to take up the mantle and contribute as well,” said Fox.

Former Boston Celtics forward Rick Fox wasn’t known for throwing up bricks as a player, but now that he’s retired, it’s become something of a calling for the three-time NBA champion. But not the bricks you’re likely thinking of — one of Fox’s post-playing careers apart from acting is his work on an environmentally friendly concrete alternative that reportedly pulls CO2 out of the air.

Going as far as to call his new organization, Partanna, “the greatest team I had a chance to participate on and to lead” in an interview with the US Sun, Fox related how he leaned on experts in the field to help him leverage his own position to further the company’s goals. “I’m much closer to a material scientist today than I was three years ago,” he explained. ” surround myself with the smartest material scientists.”

“So just like I had Shaq and Kobe as teammates and I played a role in facilitating their excellence – it’s no different today,” he added.

“I facilitate the influence of my teammates that are far more talented and credible in the execution than I could have ever been in this space,” he said. “We’re being the change in the world that we’ve been looking for, but we need more and more people to come along and bring their solutions – to bear as well.”

“We will lead, but we don’t want to be the only ones leading. Others need to take up the mantle and contribute as well,” he added, calling on fellow NBAers to join him in the fight against climate change.

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On this day: Auerbach, Cousy, Cooper, Rondo, Fox, Walker debut with Celtics

On this day, Celtics greats Red Auerbach, Bob Cousy, Chuck Cooper, Rajon Rondo, Rick Fox, and Antoine Walker all debuted for Boston.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame coach and general manager Arnold “Red” Auerbach coached his first regular-season game with the storied franchise. Recently hired by the team’s owner Walter Brown on the advice of local sports journalists after stints coaching with the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now, Atlanta Hawks), the defunct Washington Capitols NBA franchise, and — as an assistant coach at the college level — the Duke Blue Devils.

The game was thankfully not auspicious for the Boston icon’s future with the team in the coming years, with Auerbach’s Celtics falling 107-84 to the (then) Fort Wayne (Indiana) Pistons (who are now based in Detroit).

Auerbach was not the only Celtics legend making his debut that day.

Who are the best international players to play for the Boston Celtics?

From Charlie Hoefer to Alaa Abdenaby to Rick Fox to Kristaps Porzingis, there has been no shortage of players who were born abroad who have worn the green and white.

The Boston Celtics are a storied franchise for more than just their titles. They have been a trailblazing team in terms of signing and fielding players from all over the world, a philosophy that started in their first season.

From Charlie Hoefer to Alaa Abdelnaby to Rick Fox to Kristaps Porzingis, there has been no shortage of players born abroad who have worn the green and white.

But who were the best and who were the worst? What criteria should we use to judge them across eras? In the spirit of the annual arrival of #RankingSeason, the thing to do is try.

And try the hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” did on a recent episode.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear how they assessed the international Celtics of all time.

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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 44

Today’s installment focuses on the dozen players who wore No. 44 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 dozen players who wore No. 44 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Gary Payton Sr. traded to Boston Celtics for Chris Mihm, Jumaine Jones, and Chucky Atkins

On this day in Boston Celtics history, future Hall of Famer Gary Payton, Sr. was traded to the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics point guard Gary Dwayne Payton Sr. was traded to the team with one-time Boston draft pick Rick Fox.

In return, the Los Angeles Lakers — Payton’s team at the time — sent back big man Chris Mihm, small forward Jumaine Jones, and point guard Chucky Atkins in the trade. The Glove — as he was often called — was not thrilled about being dealt to the Celtics, and his reticence to join the team would require the trade to be amended after Payton initially refused to report for his physical. The physical had been part of the original deal, as was guard Marcus Banks.

Boston also got out of having to send out a second-round draft pick as part of the renegotiated deal.

Rick Fox tried acting after his NBA career; now he’s helping to save the planet

Former Boston Celtics forward Rick Fox has taken an unusual turn in his post-NBA life.

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Former Boston Celtics forward Rick Fox has taken an unusual turn in his post-NBA life. He is the founder and CEO of Partanna, a carbon-negative concrete startup. Concrete production is a major contributor to carbon pollution, accounting for nearly 10% of the world’s emissions.

However, Partanna aims to change that by creating concrete that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, making it more climate-friendly.

The former Celtic will present at TechCrunch’s Disrupt 2023 convention per a new article from TechCrunch’s Lauren Simonds, with his talk titled “Doing Something Concrete on Climate.” Fox will discuss his journey from an NBA player to a startup founder, the inspiration behind Partanna, and the potential impact the company could have on combating climate change.

To be held on the so-called “Sustainability Stage,” Fox’s talk will share the agenda with those on “cultured meat, energy, fast fashion, green infrastructure, sustainable agriculture and more.”

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On this day: M.L. Carr signs; Fox, Boykoff, Eliason born; 1st Disney bubble scrimmage

On this day, M.L. Carr signed with the Celtics, and former Boston players Rick Fox, Harry Boykoff, and Don Eliason were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward M.L. Carr joined the Celtics for the second time as a free agent in 1979. The first time Carr signed with Boston was in 1974, and he did not make the team, instead choosing to go overseas to play in Israel. When that stint ended, he would link up with the American Basketball Association’s (ABA) Spirit of St. Louis franchise.

After the ABA merged with the NBA and the Spirit of St. Louis did not make the cut, Carr would join the Detroit Pistons under Dick Vitale, and then the Celtics afterward.

“The whole country is looking for answers to the energy crisis; we found ours,” said Boston head coach Bill Fitch at the time (via the Washington Post’s Ron Rosen).

On this day: Smart, Walker, Fox drafted; Perkins, Banks, Walker trade; Hewson passes

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Marcus Smart, Antoine Walker and Rick Fox, and traded for Kendrick Perkins and Marcus Banks.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Boston Celtics selected two players of note in the 2014 NBA draft, held in Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The first was 6-foot-3 guard Marcus Smart out of Oklahoma State University, taken with the sixth overall pick of the draft. A native of Flower Mound, Texas, Smart fit in well and would make the 2014-15 All-Rookie Second Team in his inaugural season with the Celtics.

Smart’s brand of intense, all-out attack frequently saw the former Cowboy banged up with a litany of minor injuries, and his professionalism and dedication would position the young guard as the “heart and soul” and unofficial captain of the team in just a few short seasons.

Now with the Memphis Grizzlies, he earned 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2021-22 All-Defensive First Teams honors along with winning the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year award — among many other honors.

Former Laker Rick Fox goes at Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie for ‘blessed’ comments

Former Laker Rick Fox has joined the fray of going at Spencer Dinwiddie for comments that he made.

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has always had more to say than the average NBA player. He has always spoken his mind and he can be honest to a fault. Earlier this week, he unleashed on Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma for what Dinwiddie considers playing for a contract instead of playing winning basketball.

Kuzma clapped back at Dinwiddie for his comments made on FanDuel TV’s Run It Back show. but Dinwiddie continued the back-and-forth at practice on Thursday. Dinwiddie likened Kuzma to former Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox by saying that both were essentially along for the ride while the better players on the team carried them to winning titles.

Dinwiddie’s comments drew the attention of Fox himself who took the chance on Twitter to remind everyone, including Dinwiddie, how important he was to the Lakers’ success in the early 2000s. Fox admitted that his role on the team was defense, but that he was also important enough to the team to be named one of three captains along with Hall-Of-Famers Shaquille O’Neal and the late Kobe Bryant.

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Watch: Seahawks players share their celebrity lookalikes

Abe Lucas for the win.

Watch these Seahawks players share who they think their celebrity lookalikes are. We’ll take rookie right tackle Abe Lucas for the win.

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