On this day, Sherman Douglas was dealt to Milwaukee, Avery Bradley was born, and Delonte West made his debut for the team.
On this day in Boston Celtics history, point and shooting guard Avery Antonio Bradley Jr. was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1990. Bradley played basketball at the NCAA level with the University of Texas Longhorns before he was picked up by the Celtics with the 19th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft, unfortunately starting his NBA career waylaid by ankle surgery.
The Texas alum quickly became a key part of the rotation for Boston once he was able to get back on the floor, however, joining a team with designs on contending for an NBA title, and holding his own while he did it.
Over the course of seven seasons with Boston, the Tacoma native racked up two All-Defensive team honors.
Today’s installment focuses on the 30 players who wore No. 4 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 or 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 30 players who wore No. 4 over the years as of September 2023.
The former Lakers and Cavs champ believes a number of veterans are being blackballed by the league. https://t.co/8RtmD7XAyy
On this day, the Boston Celtics hired former player Tommy Heinsohn as coach, traded for Wayne Embry, and Sherman Douglas was born.
On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise hired their former star forward Tommy Heinsohn as head coach. A product of Holy Cross, Heinsohn had been drafted by the Celtics as a player in 1956, the Union City, New Jersey native would play nine seasons for the team, winning titles in eight of them among many other honors.
Heinsohn retired from playing in 1965 to do play-by-play announcing (he would again after coaching) and would be hired as coach four seasons later. He would lead the Celtics to an NBA-best 68-14 record in the 1972-73 season, garnering Coach of the Year honors.
He would win titles as a coach with Boston in 1974 and 1976 and was fired from the job after a disappointing 1977-78 season.
Today’s installment focuses on the 31 players who wore No. 20 over the years as of August 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, 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 31 players who wore No. 20 over the years as of August 2023.
The NBA great was better known for his long-distance shooting (thus the nickname “Pistol”) but was also among the better and more creative floor generals of his time. https://t.co/Ex5VjeWqdA
On this day, Sherman Douglas was dealt to Milwaukee, Avery Bradley was born, and Delonte West made his debut for the team.
On this day in Boston Celtics history, point and shooting guard Avery Antonio Bradley Jr. was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1990. Bradley played basketball at the NCAA level with the University of Texas Longhorns before he was picked up by the Celtics with the 19th overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft, unfortunately starting his NBA career waylaid by ankle surgery.
The Texas alum quickly became a key part of the rotation for Boston once he was able to get back on the floor, however, joining a team with designs on contending for an NBA title, and holding his own while he did it.
Over the course of seven seasons with Boston, the Tacoma native racked up two All-Defensive team honors.
On this day, the Boston Celtics hired former player Tommy Heinsohn as coach, traded for Wayne Embry, and Sherman Douglas was born.
On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise hired their former star forward Tommy Heinsohn as head coach. A product of Holy Cross, Heinsohn had been drafted by the Celtics as a player in 1956, the Union City, New Jersey native would play nine seasons for the team, winning titles in eight of them among many other honors.
Heinsohn retired from playing in 1965 to do play-by-play announcing (he would again after coaching) and would be hired as coach four seasons later. He would lead the Celtics to an NBA-best 68-14 record in the 1972-73 season, garnering Coach of the Year honors.
He would win titles as a coach with Boston in 1974 and 1976 and was fired from the job after a disappointing 1977-78 season.
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls started their 1998 NBA Playoffs run on April 24 against the New Jersey Nets.
With the NBA on hiatus and New York continuing its battle against the novel coronavirus outbreak, Brooklyn Nets games will not be played for the foreseeable future.
For the Nets, as much as any team, this comes at an odd time — Brooklyn was battling the Orlando Magic for the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference standings. At the stoppage of play, the Nets had a half-game advantage over the Magic.
Since there aren’t any games, each day Nets Wire will highlight impressive individual performances and major moments throughout Nets history:
In John Calipari’s second full season with the Nets — which also happened to be his last full season in New Jersey — the team made the 1998 NBA Playoffs as the No. 8 team in the Eastern Conference, snapping the franchise’s three-season playoff drought.
But, being the last seed in the East in 1998 meant the Nets had to square off against Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and the rest of the Chicago Bulls right away.
The Nets put up a fight in the first game of the series, forcing overtime after they trailed by 10 through three quarters. Chris Gatling scored 24 points and Sherman Douglas added 16 off the bench. Jayson Williams was all over the glass, finishing with 21 boards — 11 coming on the offensive end.
Still, New Jersey could not hold off Jordan (39 points) and Pippen (24), as the Bulls won the first game of the series 96-93 (full box score).
