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On this day: KG dealt to Boston; Larkin, Collins signed; Pruitt waived

On this day in 2007, the Boston Celtics traded Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, cash and draft considerations for Kevin Garnett.

On this day in 2007, the Boston Celtics traded for Minnesota Timberwolves star big man Kevin Garnett.

The Big Ticket had initially been reluctant to agree to sign an extension with the Celtics should they deal for him given the dearth of high-level talent on the roster save for forward Paul Pierce, but a move that brought sharpshooting UConn product Ray Allen on board earlier that summer was tantalizing enough for Garnett to seal the deal.

KG agreed to sign a three-year extension to add to the two remaining seasons on his existing contract, and the deal was consummated soon after.

The South Carolinian was dealt  for Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, cash and draft considerations.

Garnett would win a title with the team in 2008, be elected Defensive Player of the Year that season, make five All-Star games, and earn many more such honors during his six seasons with the team.

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Ranking every No. 50 pick made in the NBA draft by the Boston Celtics

Our ninth installment of ranking every pick from Nos. 1 to 60, we compare the three picks the Boston Celtics have made 50th overall.

Now at the ninth edition of articles ranking each of the picks taken by the Boston Celtics Nos. 1 through 60 by the number they were drafted at, we arrive at pick No. 50, which the team has drafted at three times in the 70 years the Celtics have existed.

The picks made here began in 1954 and continued up to the 2005 NBA draft, the most recent draft Boston selected 50th overall.

There were no stars nor even role-playing champions to be found among the three players drafted 50th overall by the Celtics, but at least one familiar face can be found among the three drafted at this late point of the draft.

As in earlier versions of this series, we use a rubric that focuses on what players do while a member of the Celtics organization primarily, with success before or after an additional way to ranking players when the gulf is small.

With that out of the way, who are the greatest Celtics to be drafted 50th overall?

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