Tag: Si Green

On this day: Boston guard Si Green passes; forward Doug Smith signs

Former top pick Si Green left us on this day in 1980, and big man Doug Smith inked a deal with the team 11 years later.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics point and shooting guard Sihugo “Si” Green passed away after a long battle with cancer in 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born in New York City, New York in 1933, Green would play his college ball for the Duquesne University Dukes between 1953 and 1956, with the New York native getting selected first overall in the 1956 NBA draft by the (then) Rochester Royals (now, Sacramento Kings).

Green would play for the then-Royals, the (then) St. Louis (now, Atlanta) Hawks, a pair of currently defunct teams (the Chicago Packers and Zephyrs) as well as the (then) Baltimore Bullets (now, Washington Wizards) before joining the Celtics via trade.

Famous for being the top overall pick in the draft that the Celtics landed iconic center Bill Russell second overall in the 1956 NBA draft, Green averaged 3.2 points and 1.1 rebounds per game with Boston.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 28

Today’s installment focuses on the 14 players who wore No. 28 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 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 14 players who wore No. 28 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: ex- Celtics Jerryd Bayless, Si Green, Quinn Buckner born

On this day, former Boston Celtic guards Jerryd Bayless, Si Green, and Quinn Buckner were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, point guard Jerryd Bayless was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1988. Bayless would play his collegiate basketball with the University of Arizona Wildcats for one season before entering the 2008 NBA draft, where he was selected with the 11th overall pick by the Indiana Pacers.

The Phoenix native would never suit up for the Pacers, traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts, and Brandon Rush soon after the draft. He would also play for the (then) New Orleans Hornets (now, Pelicans), Toronto Raptors, and Memphis Grizzlies before the latter team sent Bayless to Boston in a deal that sent back guard Courtney Lee.

Bayless would play just one season for the Celtics, playing 41 games and starting 14 of them.