Tag: Ruben Wolkowyski

On this day: 12 am Milkman’s Special; Wolkowyski cut; Crawford trade

On this day in Celtics history, Boston played a game starting at midnight, cut Ruben Wolkowyski, and traded for Jordan Crawford.

On this day in Boston Celtics history in 1952, the Celtics tipped off against the (then) Fort. Wayne (Indiana) Pistons (now, Detroit) at midnight in a contest that had been billed as the “Milkman’s Special” in an attempt to sell the event’s late start time as a plus.

The name Milkman’s Special alludes to the very early (or late, depending on your point of view) hours kept in that now-archaic profession. It was a fitting one for a contest that began after a late-night Ice Follies skating exhibition held at the old Boston Garden. The Celtics would win the affair 88-67, with Boston legend Bob Cousy leading the team with 24 points.

Big man “Easy” Ed Macaulay also added 15 points, “Bones” McKinney a dozen, and Chuck Cooper 10 more.

On this day: New Boston Garden opens; Ruben Wolkowyski born

On this day in 1995, the new Boston Garden (now known as TD Garden) opened, and big man Rúben Wolkowyski was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise’s current home venue, TD Garden, opened for business in 1995. Created as a replacement for the outdated and undersized original Boston Garden — located a mere nine inches to the south of the recurrent building during its construction — the new venue was officially opened on this date on the day after a similar celebratory closing event was held in the original Boston Garden.

Relocation rumbles began as far back as the 1970s when the Boston Bruins nearly moved to New Hampshire, and the Celtics considered relocating to Revere, Massachusetts.

Rights for a new arena were granted in 1985, but concrete plans did not materialize for most of a decade, with funding for construction secured in 1993, and construction beginning in April of that year.

On this day: Wolkowski signed; ex-Celts Dickau, Kinney and Hoefer born

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed Rubén Wolkowyski, and Dan Dickau, Bob Kinney, and Charlie Hoefer were all born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team signed big man Rubén Wolkowyski to the team’s roster as an unrestricted free agent. A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wolkowyski played for a number of clubs in his home country before landing a spot on the Seattle SuperSonics in 2000.

After a few stints playing professionally in Argentina and in Russia, the Argentinian surfaced on the team’s radar, inking a deal for one season with Boston. Wolkowyski was not exactly a Celtics long-hauler — he played a mere seven games for the ball club in a reserve role that season.

Over that brief stretch, he averaged just 0.7 points, 0.1 rebounds, and 0.1 assists per game, and he was waived in February 2002.

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.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 45

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 45 jersey for at least one game 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. 45 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: 12 am Milkman’s Special; Wolkowyski cut; Crawford trade

On this day in Celtics history, Boston played a game starting at midnight, cut Ruben Wolkowyski, and traded for Jordan Crawford.

On this day in Boston Celtics history in 1952, the Celtics tipped off against the (then) Fort. Wayne (Indiana) Pistons (now, Detroit) at midnight in a contest that had been billed as the “Milkman’s Special” in an attempt to sell the event’s late start time as a plus.

The name “Milkman’s Special”, alluding to the very early (or late, depending on your point of view) hours kept in that now-archaic profession, was a fitting one for a contest that began after a late-night “Ice Follies” skating exhibition held at the old Boston Garden. The Celtics would win the affair 88 – 67 with Boston legend Bob Cousy leading the team with 24 points.

Big man “Easy” Ed MacAuley also added 15 points, “Bones” McKinney a dozen, and Chuck Cooper 10 more.