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Which Boston Celtics alum is the NBA’s biggest career earner from Las Vegas, Nevada

If you need a clue, he played for Boston at the tail end of the Wilderness Era.

Which Boston Celtics alum is the NBA’s biggest career earner from Las Vegas, Nevada? If you need a clue, he played for Boston at the tail end of the Wilderness Era (that very long period between Banners 16 and 17 in the late 1990s and early 2000s) over parts of three seasons, and was sometimes called “Grits N Gravy” as a nickname.

If that hint did not get the job done for you, we can let you know the answer. It is former Celtics shooting guard Ricky Davis, who played for Boston between the 2003-04 season and the 2005-06 season.

Davis has a small and likely to shrink lead in Sin City career earnings, having taken home a total of $42,872,920 in his NBA career per HoopsHype.

He will likely be passed by Zach Collins ($38,382,615) on the San Antonio Spurs center’s next deal, but is safe from fellow Celtics alum Marcus Banks ($26,135,520), as well as CJ Watson ($23,756,506) and Pat Garrity ($22,788,021).

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How each of the Boston Celtics’ 4 historical Dunk Contest participants fared

Check out the impressive visual history of Celtics in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.

For a contest that has been part of the NBA All-Star Week goings-on for nearly 30 years, you’d think there would have been more Boston Celtics participants than four by 2024, and with Jaylen Brown entering this year’s, there will soon be five. But it has been one aspect of the official All-Star events where the Celtics have been chronically under-represented.

But despite the paucity of Celtic participants over the years, there have been some pretty spectacular flushes across the decades, some of them sharing not only the uniform of Brown, but even the same last name on the jersey.

Let’s take a look at the dunkers, dunks, and how they did.

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 in 1948. Better known as “Charlie” to many Celtics fans, the New Yorker broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed school’s first Black scholarship athlete. 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 playing days, he won 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 later merged with the NBA) Virginia Squires for most of two seasons.

On this day: former Celtics Ricky Davis, Eric Montross born; drop G4 in 2020 ECF

On this day, former Boston Celtics Ricky Davis and Eric Montross were born, and the team lost Game 4 of the Disney bubble Eastern Conference Finals vs. the Miami Heat.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics shooting guard and small forward Tyree Ricardo “Ricky” Davis was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979. A standout at the University of Iowa, Davis was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 21st pick in the 1998 NBA draft.

He played with that team, the Miami Heat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers before being dealt to the Celtics with Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart, and draft assets for Tony Battie, Eric Williams, and Kedrick Brown in 2003. While the trade was initially criticized, Davis grew on the fans as a player, becoming a popular fixture.

During parts of three seasons with Boston, the Nevada native averaged 16.2 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 12

Today’s installment focuses on the 34 players who wore No. 12 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 34 players who wore No. 12 over the years as of September 2023.

Four Boston Celtics alumni on the move in 1998 NBA class redraft

Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.

As Hoops Hype’s staff keep themselves busy reassessing the draft orders of the last few decades over the years, there are always a fair number of Boston Celtics alumni making moves in their re-drafts as a result.

In the H/H reassessment of the 1998 NBA draft class, a total of four Boston alumni ended up seeing their draft stock shift with the benefit of hindsight lifting their fortunes. And while they won’t see any pay raises or anything else of that sort given the fictitious nature of such an exercise, it’s also nice to see this group get their flowers, too.

Let’s take a look at which Celtics alumni landed where.

Giannis Antetokounmpo notched a triple-double after an intentional miss, but the NBA should reverse his cheap ‘rebound’

Nice try, Giannis. But that’s not a real rebound.

Welcome to the Winner’s Circle, a weekly column by Bet For The Win senior writer Prince J. Grimes.

Update: The NBA rescinded Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 10th rebound after this was originally published.

With the clock winding down on a win for the Milwaukee Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo softly threw the basketball off the rim and caught his own “missed shot” for rebound No. 10 of the game.

The move officially gave him a triple-double on the night and is predictably drawing a strong response from people on social media who find his stat-padding to be cheap and unbecoming of an NBA player. Let us not forget how bad former Cavaliers guard Ricky Davis was ripped for a failed attempt at something similar in 2003 — or the Hawks’ Bob Sura a year after that.

However, where Antetokounmpo will find support for the move where those before him couldn’t at the time is from a flourishing community of legal sports bettors, some of whom needed that 10th rebound for a payday.

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“I was thinking about scoring the ball, but I feel like in those situations it’s best to kind of keep the ball,” Antetokounmpo said after the game. “But yeah, I just try to play the game smart and kind of stole one.”

Whether intentional or not, Antetokounmpo made himself a man of the people — the wagering type. As such, he didn’t likely leave many happy people on the side of sportsbooks — and by extension the NBA. Which will make it very interesting to see how the league handles this.

Both Davis and Sura had their 10th rebounds wiped out by the NBA of David Stern’s reign as commissioner. Davis because his shot attempt was at his own rim, which violated NBA rules and actually got him fined by his own team. Sura because the NBA didn’t consider his shot to be a genuine attempt at making a field goal.

The league could make the same ruling Monday, and it should.

Look, on its face, I don’t care about what Antetokounmpo did. After all, he put himself in position to notch the triple-double by playing hard for a win the entire game, recording 23 points and 13 assists. That’s what allowed him to dribble out the clock and get a cheap rebound in the end.

However, sports betting introduces an ethical component that the league would be wise to get in front of to make sure these things don’t become more rampant and happen in less ideal moments. Too many people are paying attention for a precedent to be set that players can blatantly pad stats. On the other end of people who bet the over on Antetokounmpo’s rebounds are people who took the under.

Sports betting aside, it’s just bad optics for the NBA. Players can care about their individual stats while still wanting to win — and most probably do — but the league doesn’t want it to be so obvious. Also, let’s be real, that’s not a rebound.

Antetokounmpo doesn’t need to be lambasted or fined or anything. I appreciate the attempt. Nice try buddy. But that extra rebound shouldn’t stand.

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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 in 1948.

Better known as “Charlie” to many Celtics fans, the New Yorker broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed school’s first Black scholarship athlete. 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 playing days, he won 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 later merged with the NBA) Virginia Squires for most of two seasons.

Former Boston Celtics wing Ricky Davis to reportedly be next head coach of Minnesota North

Davis played for the Celtics between 2003 and 2006.

Another alumnus of the Boston Celtics seems poised to join the ranks of those on the other side of the clipboard. Onetime Boston wing Ricky Davis reportedly expected to be hired as the next head coach for the boys’ basketball team at Minneapolis North, per Chris Long of KSTP-TV Sports.

The onetime Iowa player will lead the Minneapolis high school squad in his first coaching job. He retired as a player after being released by the (then) Erie BayHawks (now, Lakeland Magic) D League (as the G League was called in that era) team in 2016.

Davis played for the Celtics between 2003 and 2006 after being dealt there with Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and draft assets for Tony Battie, Eric Williams, and Kedrick Brown.

He was a popular player with fans until he was dealt with Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed and draft considerations for Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones and a pick in 2006.

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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.