Tag: Semi Ojeleye

On this day: Semi Ojeleye born; Larry Bird triple-double vs. Hornets; Jim Paxson, Charles Smith cut

On this day, Semi Ojeleye was born, Larry Bird hung a triple-double on Charlotte, and Jim Paxson and Charles Smith were cut.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Jesusemilore Talodabijesu — better known to Celtics fans as “Semi” Ojeleye — was born in Overland Park, Kansas back in 1994. Semi played collegiately at both Duke University and Southern Methodist University (SMU), transferring from the former to the latter in search of more playing time.

There, he would help lead SMU to win the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season and Tournament Championships before being picked up by the Celtics with the 37th overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft. He played four seasons with the Celtics before leaving the team to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season.

Ojeleye averaged 3.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in his time as a Celtic.

On this day: Tatum, Ojeleye debut; Poirier, Timelord born; Scolari passes; Walter Brown honored

On this day In Boston Celtics history, Robert Williams III and Vincent Poirier were born, Jayson Tatum and Semi Ojeleye made their NBA debuts, Fred Scolari passed and Walter Brown was honored.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics center Robert Williams III was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1997, growing up in the area and attending North Caddo High School in nearby Vivian, Louisiana.

A consensus four-star prospect coming out of high school, Timelord — as Williams is often called — played his college basketball with the Texas A&M Aggies, and twice won the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year award in his two seasons with that team. He was taken by the Celtics with the 27th overall pick of the 2018 NBA draft slipping because of concerns over his health.

An issue that has indeed bothered him since, though less each season he has been in the league.

Every Boston Celtics jersey in team history worn by ONLY one player

This is every player in Celtics history who was the only player to wear their jersey number.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA does, and given that knowledge, it might surprise you that they have plenty of jerseys only worn by one player in the entire 75-year history of the team.

Of course, a few of them are among those retired jerseys, but quite a few of them are not. As we draw near to the end of the 2023 offseason series of every jersey ever worn by a Boston Celtics player in the regular season, we would of course be remiss if we skipped out on these loners.

Let’s take a look at those most unique of Celtics jerseys throughout the years.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 37

Today’s installment focuses on the two players who wore No. 37 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 two players who wore No. 37 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: Celtics sign Baynes, Ojeleye, Mickey; Humphries traded

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed Aron Baynes, Semi Ojeleye, and Jordan Mickey, and traded Kris Humphries.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team signed Australian big man Aron Baynes in free agency to a one-year deal worth $4.3 million in 2017. All of Australia — as he was sometimes called — quickly became an invaluable part of the Celtics front line, known for his excellent defense and verticality as much as his unexpectedly solid 3-point shooting with the team.

A New Zealander by birth, Baynes played for the team for two seasons before he was dealt away to the Phoenix Suns in order to help make cap room for major roster reshuffling following the disastrous 2018-19 season (no fault of Aron’s, really).

The big man averaged 5.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game while with the franchise.

On this day: Reggie Lewis, Jayson Tatum, Semi Ojeleye, Brad Lohaus drafted

On this day, the Boston Celtics drafted Reggie Lewis, Jayson Tatum, Semi Ojeleye, and Brad Lohaus, and lost Brandon Hunter to the Charlotte Hornets.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team would select four players of note in the 2017 NBA draft, held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. While the Celtics had held the top overall pick in the draft, team president Danny Ainge would use it to trade back for the third overall pick, correctly gambling he could still get his targeted prospect, Jayson Tatum.

Tatum, a 6-foot-8 small forward out of Duke, was drafted third overall after Ainge completed the deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, who used the top overall pick on point guard Markelle Fultz out of Washington, the Los Angeles Lakers using the second overall pick on point guard Lonzo Ball.

Vindicating Ainge, Tatum has gone on to become one of the top ten players in the league, racking up accolades at a historic rate.

On this day: Semi Ojeleye born; Larry Bird triple-double vs. Hornets; Jim Paxson, Charles Smith cut

On this day, Semi Ojeleye was born, Larry Bird hung a triple-double on Charlotte, and Jim Paxson and Charles Smith were cut.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Jesusemilore Talodabijesu — better known to Celtics fans as “Semi” Ojeleye — was born in Overland Park, Kansas back in 1994. Semi played collegiately at both Duke University and Southern Methodist University (SMU), transferring from the former to the latter in search of more playing time.

There, he would help lead SMU to win the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season and Tournament Championships before being picked up by the Celtics with the 37th overall pick of the 2017 NBA draft. He played four seasons with the Celtics before leaving the team to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season.

Ojeleye averaged 3.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game in his time as a Celtic.

Semi Ojeleye talks about his new Italian team and his memories of the Boston Celtics

Muscles Jesus gives us the haps on what’s been going on in his life of late, as well as some looks back at his time in green and white.

While it might not have gone how some fans of the Boston Celtics might have hoped with former Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye and the team that drafted him out of SMU, the man sometimes called “Muscles Jesus” by Boston fans who made up Weird Celtics Twitter has been adjusting well to his new European team, Virtus Bologna.

The folks over at Celtics Blog managed to track down the Celtics alum after a recent practice for his new team and had Adam Taylor sit down with Ojeleye to see what’s been going on with him in his new incarnation abroad.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what the Ottowa, Kansas native had to say to Taylor about what’s been going on in his life of late, as well as some looks back at his time in green and white.

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On this day: Celtics sign Baynes, Ojeleye, Mickey; Humphries traded

On this day, the Boston Celtics signed Aron Baynes, Semi Ojeleye, and Jordan Mickey, and traded Kris Humphries.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team signed Australian big man Aron Baynes in free agency to a one-year deal worth $4.3 million in 2017. All of Australia — as he was sometimes called — quickly became an invaluable part of the Celtics front line, known for his excellent defense and verticality as much as his unexpectedly solid 3-point shooting with the team.

A New Zealander by birth, Baynes played for the team for two seasons before he was dealt away to the Phoenix Suns in order to help make cap room for major roster reshuffling following the disastrous 2018-19 season (no fault of Aron’s, really).

The big man averaged 5.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game while with the franchise.

Ex- Boston big man Greg Monroe inks 10-day with Jazz; Former Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye cut by Clips

It’s been a mixed bag for Celtics alumni in the week’s NBA transactions.

It has been a bit of mixed bag of results in terms of transactions for Boston Celtics alumni recently with former Celtics forward Semi Ojeleye being cut by the Los Angeles Clippers per Celtics Blog’s Keith Smith, while onetime Boston big man Greg Monroe managed to get himself signed to a 10-day deal with the Utah Jazz according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Ojeleye and Boston parted ways this past offseason, with the Southern Methodist University product signing a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks to start the season, while it has been a bit longer since Monroe last played for the Celtics, his second of two stints ending in the latter days of the 2018-19 NBA season.

The Georgetown product has been averaging 5.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game this season in short stints with the Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Washington Wizards.

Ojeleye faired poorly in Milwaukee this season, recording just 2.9 boards and points apiece per game with the Bucks, but looked like he might have found a home as a deep rotation player with the Clippers, putting up 4.1 points and 1.4 rebounds per contest in the 10 games he appeared in for L.A.

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