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On this day: Clark, Doll born; Harangody, Davis signed; Wallace, Dragic cut; Smith, Cohen pass

On this day, Bob Doll and Carlos Clark were born, Glen Davis and Luke Harangody signed, Rasheed Wallace and Zoran Dragic were cut, and Derek Smith and Alan N. Cohen passed.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Bob Doll was born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Playing both the center and power forward positions, Doll played his collegiate basketball for the University of Colorado, with which he won the Most Valuable Player award for the National Invitational Tournament in 1940.

Doll played several years in the Amateur Athletic Union after college before joining the (now defunct) St. Louis Bombers, for whom he played two seasons. He signed with the Celtics as a free agent in 1948, playing two seasons for the club.

The 6-foot-5 Coloradan averaged 7.3 points and 2.4 assists per game with Boston (rebounds had yet to be tabulated).

On this day: Reggie Lewis dies; Brown, Rozier, Green, Crowder signed

On this day, former Celtics forward Reggie Lewis died unexpectedly while working out due to a heart arrhythmia.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, rising franchise star Reggie Lewis would die unexpectedly after collapsing on a basketball court at Brandeis University while working out in the offseason in 1993.

Lewis, who had previously been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat after another on-court collapse during the prior season, passed away after attempts by local police to resuscitate the Northeastern product were not successful. The 22nd overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft for the Celtics, Lewis was widely seen as a critical part of Boston’s future, and the bridge to a successful future after the Larry Bird – Kevin McHale – Robert Parish era.

Along with the loss of forward Len Bias in 1986, this was a major contributing cause to the team’s ‘wilderness era’ of mediocrity that would last more than a decade.

12 Boston Celtics alumni participating in 2022 EuroBasket

The EuroBasket is back with one current Celtics player and 11 alumni.

A number of alumni from the Boston Celtics are planning to play in the 2022 EuroBasket competition, the first in five years due to the pandemic. Currently slated to start in two weeks with 34 total NBA players on 17 different teams, the EuroBasket competition — in full, the European Basketball Championship — normally takes place every four years with up to 24 teams participating.

Historically, it had previously run every two years, but now has switched to a similar model as the FIBA World Cup, and the last was held in 2017 before the pandemic, with conditions in 2021 deemed too fraught to hold the competition. But now the EuroBasket is back with one current Celtics player and 11 alumni.

Let’s take a look at them all.

On this day: Reggie Lewis dies; Brown, Rozier, Green, Crowder signed

On this day, former Celtics forward Reggie Lewis died unexpectedly while working out due to a heart arrhythmia.

On this day, former Boston Celtics small forward Reggie Lewis died unexpectedly after collapsing on a basketball court at Brandeis University while working out in 1993.

Lewis, who had previously had been diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat after another on-court collapse, passed away after attempts by police to resuscitate the Northeastern product failed.

The 22nd overall pick of the 1987 NBA Draft for the Celtics, Lewis was a critical part of Boston’s future. Added to the loss of forward Len Bias in 1986, this was a major cause of the team’s ‘wilderness era’ of mediocrity lasting more than a decade.

The Baltimore native played six seasons for the Celtics before his passing, owning a career average of 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game and an All-Star nod in 1993.

His No. 35 jersey was retired by the team in 1995.

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