The Boston Celtics is a professional American basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as members of the Eastern Division of the Atlantic Region. Founded in 1946 as one of the original eight NBA teams to survive in the first decade of the league, the team is owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home game at TD Garden, which they share with the Boston Bruins National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise is the most successful in NBA history, with 17 championships, which accounted for 23.9 percent of all NBA championships since the founding of the league.
The Celtics have important rivalries with the Los Angeles Lakers, and have played the Lakers record 12 times in the NBA Finals (including their last appearances in 2008 and 2010), where the Celtics have won 9. Four Celtics (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens and Larry Bird) has won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for a total NBA record of 10 MVP awards. Both the nickname "Celtics" and their mascot "Lucky the Leprechaun" are a nod to the historically great Boston population.
After winning 16 championships throughout the 20th century, the Celtics, having fought through the 1990s, bounced back to win the championship in 2008 with the help of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen in what is known as the "Big Three" new era , following the original "Big Three" era featuring Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, who combined to win the 1981, 1984, and 1986 championships.
After the win in 2008, general manager Danny Ainge started the rebuilding process with the help of head coach Brad Stevens, who led the Celtics to return to the playoffs from 2015. Over the next season, the Celtics earned top seeds in the Eastern Conference, and finally reached the Conference Final before losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games.
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1946-1950: Awal tahun
The Boston Celtics was formed on 5 June 1943 by Boston Garden-Arena Corporation President Walter A. Brown as a team at the American Basketball Association, and became part of the National Basketball Association after the absorption of the National Basketball League by BAA in the fall of 1949. In 1950, The Celtics signed Chuck Cooper, becoming the first NBA franchise to design a black player.
1950-1957: The arrival of Bob Cousy and Red Auerbach
The Celtics fought during their early years, until the recruitment of Red Auerbach coach. In the early days of the franchise, Auerbach did not have an assistant, run all the practice, perform all surveillance - both the opposing team and the college draft prospects - and schedule all land travel. One of the first great players who join the Celtics was Bob Cousy, who initially rejected by Auerbach to come out of the nearby Holy Cross because he was "too obvious". Cousy eventually became the property of the Chicago Stags, but when the franchise went bankrupt, Cousy went to the Celtics in the concept of deployment. After the 1955-56 season, Auerbach made an amazing trade. He sends the eternal All-Star Ed Macauley to St. Louis Hawks along with design rights to Cliff Hagan in exchange for a second overall pick in the draft. After negotiating with the Rochester Royals - negotiations that included the promise that the owner of the Celtics will send Ice Blades are highly sought after to Rochester if the Royals let Russell slid to # 2 - Auerbach using the option to choose the University of San Francisco center Bill Russell. Auerbach also won the Holy Cross, and Rookie of the Year 1957 NBA, Tommy Heinsohn. Russell and Heinsohn worked very well with Cousy, and they are the players where Auerbach would build a champion Celtics for more than a decade.
1957-1969: The era of Bill Russell
With Bill Russell, the Celtics advanced to the 1957 NBA Finals and defeated St. Louis. Louis Hawks in seven games, giving the Celtics the first of their 17 record championships. Russell went on to win 11 championships, making him the most decorated player in NBA history. In 1958, the Celtics returned to the NBA Finals, this time losing to the Hawks in 6 matches. However, with the acquisition of K.C. Jones that year, the Celtics started a dynasty that would last for more than a decade. In 1959, the Celtics won the NBA Championship after sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers, the first of their record eight times in a row. During that time, the Celtics met the Lakers in the Final five times, starting an intense and often bitter competition that has stretched the generations. In 1964, the Celtics became the first NBA team to have an early African-American lineup. On December 26, 1964, Willie Naulls replaced the injured Tommy Heinsohn, joining Tom 'Satch' Sanders, K.C. Jones, Sam Jones, and Bill Russell in the starting lineup. Celtics defeat St. Louis 97-84. Boston won the next 11 games with the Naulls starting to replace Heinsohn. The Celtics of the late 1950s 1960s are widely regarded as one of the most dominant teams of all time.
Auerbach retired as coach after the 1965-1966 season and Russell took over as player coach, which is a tactic to make Russell Auerbach stay interested. With his appointment, Russell became the first African-American coach in pro US sport. Auerbach would remain the general manager, a position she would hold well in the 1980s. However, a string of NBA Celtics ended when they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1966 Eastern Conference Finals aging team managed two more championships in 1968 and 1969, beating the Los Angeles Lakers every time. Russell retired after the 1969 season, effectively ending the Celtics dynasty that has garnered 11 NBA titles are unmatched in 13 seasons. Team series 8 times in a row is the longest championship in the history of US professional sports.
1970-1978: Heinsohn and Cowens duo
The 1970 season was a year of rebuilding, as the Celtics had lost their first record since the 1949-50 season. However, with the acquisition of Dave Cowens, Paul Silas, and Jo Jo White, the Celtics soon became dominant again. After losing in the Eastern Conference Finals in 1972, the Celtics regrouped and set out in 1973 and set an excellent 68-14 regular-season record. But the season ended in disappointment, as they were upset in 7 matches by the New York Knicks in the Final Conference. John Havlicek injured his right shoulder in game six and was forced to play the 7 shoot game with his left hand. The Celtics returned to the playoffs the following year, beating the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals in 1974 for their 12th NBA Championship. The teams split the first four games, and after the Celtics won Game 5 in Milwaukee, they returned to Boston leading three games in two, with a chance to claim a title on their home field. However, the Bucks won Game 6 when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lodged in a hook shot with 3 seconds left in the second game overtime, and the series returned to Milwaukee. But Cowens is a hero in Game 7, scoring 28 points, when the Celtics took the title back to Boston for the first time in five years. In 1976, the team won another championship, defeating the Phoenix Suns in six games. The finals feature one of the greatest games in NBA history. With the series tied to two matches each, the Suns trailed in early Boston Garden, but again forced overtime. In extra-time overtime, Gar-Gar-Turn-around jumper at the top of the key sends the game into the third overtime, at which point the Celtics win. Tommy Heinsohn coached the team for both championships. After the 1976 championship and playoff appearance in 1977, Boston went into another phase of rebuilding. In the 1977 NBA draft, the Celtics drew up a young player from UNC Charlotte named Cedric Maxwell. "Cornbread" Maxwell did not contribute much in his rookie season, but he showed promise. Auerbach's work became more difficult after the 1977-78 season where they went 32-50 as John Havlicek, the all-time Celtics goalsman, retired after 16 seasons.
1979-1992: Larry Bird Era
The Celtics had two of the top eight choices in the 1978 NBA draft. Auerbach took the plunge and chose Junior Larry Bird of Indiana State with a 6th option, knowing he would choose to stay in college for his senior year but believing the Bird potential would make it worth it. waiting. The team will retain its rights for one year - the rules are then amended - and Bird was signed soon after leading Indiana State to the NCAA Championship match. Freeman Williams was also taken, which was traded before the 1978-79 season began.
In 1978, owner Irv Levin traded his stake in the Celtics to John Y. Brown, Jr. to control Buffalo Braves, which he moved to California as the San Diego Clippers. As part of a trade deal was made between two franchises which resulted in many former Braves joining the Celtics. A move that makes Auerbach interested in Brown-made trades with Braves looking at the Buffalo franchise center, Bob McAdoo joins the Celtics in return for three drafts of the first round of Auerbach which are planned to be used to rebuild the Celtics. The dispute almost led him to resign as general manager for the same position as the New York Knicks. With strong public backing behind Auerbach, Brown sold the team to Harry Mangurian rather than run the risk of losing his famous GM. The Celtics will fight all season, go 29-53 without Bird. Newcomers Chris Ford, Rick Robey, Cedric Maxwell and Nate Archibald failed to reverse the team's momentum.
Bird debuted for the Celtics during the 1979-80 season. With new owners in place, Auerbach made a number of steps that will bring the team back into prominence. He almost immediately traded McAdoo, a former NBA champion, to the Detroit Pistons for guard M. L. Carr, a defensive specialist, and two first-round picks in the 1980 NBA draft. He also took Gerald Henderson's point guard from CBA. Carr, Archibald, Henderson, and Ford form a highly competent backcourt, blending well with Cowens, Maxwell and Bird's full of talent. With RBA winning the NBA's Best Win of the Year, the team scored 61-21, 32 upgrades as the best single-season turnaround in NBA history. Playing strong in the playoffs, the Celtics fell to the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals. About thirty years later the Celtics broke their one-season turnaround record.
After the season, Auerbach completed one of the most oblique trades in NBA history, collecting a pair of future Hall of Famers for a pair of first-round pick drafts. He has always been a fan of picks piles, so even after the success of the 1979-1980 season, the Celtics have first and third options in the upcoming NBA draft of 1980. Looking to boost the team soon Auerbach sends them to Golden State Warriors for both center Robert Parish and first-round pick Warriors, the third overall. He then uses the pick to select University of Minnesota power forward Kevin McHale. Combined with fellow Hall of Fame's future Larry Bird the Celtics' new 'Big 3' puts the team back on the road to dominance.
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Despite losing center Dave Cowens to his late retirement at the Celtics training camp went 62-20 under coach Bill Fitch in 1980-81. Once again the Celtics matched the 76ers in the Eastern Conference Finals, trailing 3 games to 1 before returning to win the 91-90th match. The Celtics went on to win the 1981 NBA Championship over the Houston Rockets, with Maxwell named NBA Finals MVP.
After the 1981-82 NBA season, the Celtics once again met the Sixers, and trailed 3-1 before losing in Game 7 at Boston Garden. In 1983 the Celtics were swept in the playoffs for the first time by the Milwaukee Bucks; After that Fitch resigned and the team was sold to a new owner led by Don Gaston.
In 1983-1984, the Celtics, under new coach K. C. Jones, will go 62-20 and return to the NBA Finals after a three year absence. Boston came from behind 2-1 to beat the Lakers for their 15th championship. Bird renewed its campus competition with Lakers star Magic Johnson during this series. After the season Auerbach officially retired as general manager but retained the team's president position. He was replaced by Jan Volk, who has been with the Celtics since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1971, has served as a General Counsel team since 1976 and Assistant GM since 1980. In his first major transaction, Volk made an offseason deal with the Seattle SuperSonics. to send Henderson in return for their first-round take-out in the 1986 NBA draft.
In 1985, the Lakers and Celtics met again in the championship round, with a Lakers victory. This is the first time the Lakers beat the Celtics in the finals, and the only time the team won the championship at Boston Garden. During the next off-season, Celtics acquired Bill Walton of the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Cedric Maxwell. Walton has been an All-Star player and MVP league while leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship, but injuries have kept him limping ever since. Considering Boston's talent at frontcourt - Robert Parish emerges as an All-Star center and another Hall of Famers of the future - Walton is willing to come off the bench to help the team. Considered the best passing center in NBA history, he remains healthy and became a big part of the Celtics success in 1986.
In 1985-86, the Celtics dropped one of the best teams in NBA history. The team went 67-15, and 40-1 were surprising at home. Bird won his third MVP award in a row and Walton took home the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Beating the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals 4 games to 2, the Celtics won the 16th and last franchise championship of the 20th century.
Thanks to 1984 Gerald Henderson's trade and the subsequent Seattle SuperSonics fall, at the end of 1985-86 the Celtics not only had the best team in the NBA but also the second choice in the 1986 NBA draft. They used it for the University of Maryland star Len Bias, one of the most heralded prospects in recent years. Hope to continue Celtics dominance broke up when Bias died 48 hours later after an overdose on cocaine. Despite the defeat, the Celtics remained competitive in 1986-87, becoming 59-23 and again winning the Eastern Region Championship. However, injuries took their toll and the Lakers won the title in six games. It will be 21 years before Boston will reach the NBA Finals again.
In 1988 the Celtics brought the Detroit Pistons future champions to six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Following season head coach K.C. Jones retired, and was replaced by assistant Jimmy Rodgers. Boston's hopes for 1988-89 faded when only 6 games entered Larry Bird's season succumbed to an operation to remove bone spurs on his legs. Detained until after All-Star Break, he hopes to return but can not, and the Celtics stumble to a 42-40 record and a first-round playoff defeat to the NBA champions again the Detroit Pistons. Bird returned in 1989-90 and led the Celtics to a 52-30 record. In the Celtics playoffs collapsed after winning the first two games in the Best of 5 series against the New York Knicks, dropping 3 straight, including the decisive 5th game at Boston Garden. After an embarrassing defeat, Rodgers was fired and replaced by assistant coach and former Celtics player Chris Ford.
Under the leadership of Ford Celtics increased to 56-26 in 1990-91, reclaiming the Atlantic Division title even though Bird missed 22 games with various injuries. Once again the Celtics lost to the Detroit Pistons, this time in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. In 1992, an end-season rally allowed the 51-31 Celtics team to pursue the New York Knicks and repeat as champions of the Atlantic Division. After sweeping the Indiana Pacers in the first half, the Celtics lost seven Eastern Conference Semifinals to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Back problems that often leave Bird lying on the floor when not in court limit him to only 45 regular season games, and only 4 out of 10 in the playoffs. After 13 NBA seasons and winning a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics with Dream Team, the problem continues to cause Bird to retire in 1992. It is precious to him in Boston The NBA is forced to create a "Bird Exclusion", allowing teams to exceed their pay limits to sign back their own free agent, with up to the maximum salary.
1993-1998: Rebuild
Bird's disappearance and aging from other team veteran stars forced coach Chris Ford in rebuild mode. Hope is centered on 26-year-old Reggie Lewis, a minor attacker from Boston Northeastern University. In the first round of the 1993 playoffs, Lewis collapsed during his four-game win over Boston by Charlotte Hornets. The examination shows heart problems, but Lewis can ask the doctor to clean it up for a comeback. Before he could make him die of a heart attack while filming a basket at Brandeis University during the offseason. The Celtics honored his memory with retiring number 35. With Kevin McHale having retired from the Celtics playoffs to the Hornets, the original Big 3 Boston era ended in 1994 after the signing of Robert Parish with Charlotte. The team collapsed, finishing out of the playoffs with a 32-50 mark.
In 1994, the Celtics hired former legendary cheerleader and cheerleader, M. L. Carr as V.P. Operation Basketball. Working with G.M. Jan Volk, Carr chose the University of North Carolina star, Eric Montross, with Boston's first round selection in the 1994 NBA draft. Montross became a new heir to paint, but failed to flourish and eventually traded. 1994-95 is the last season of the Celtics at Boston Garden. The Celtics signed the aging of Dominique Wilkins as a free agent, who led the team in an assessment with 17.8 PPG. Dino Ra's second year player? A, an advanced force from Croatia, added a lackluster team interior presence in 1993-94. The Celtics made the playoffs, losing to the much-loved Orlando Magic in 4 matches. In 1995, the Celtics moved from Boston Garden to Fleet Center (later TD BankNorth, then TD Garden). Carr fired Chris Ford and took control of his own coaching. After composing Providence College star Eric Williams, the Celtics battled for a 33-49 record.
Things got worse in 1996-97 as the Celtics lost a franchise record of 67 matches, an undesirable NBA record setting only winning once against other Atlantic Division teams and only fifteen overall wins. Despite the emergence of the first round of drafts, Antoine Walker Carr's coaching duties failed, and he took on another job in the organization when owner Paul Gaston convinced college coach Rick Pitino to join the franchise as team president, director of basketball operations and head coach. The appointment of Pitino as the controversial team leader as Auerbach, the incumbent who has filled the role for over 25 years, first heard about the changes from the local media. Unfortunately for the franchise, Pitino is not the savior that everyone expects. Auerbach bore an insult that was elbowed with dignity, even when the team failed to improve.
The Celtics received the third and sixth draft drafts in the 1997 NBA draft, and used picks to select a new backcourt through Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer. The young team that lost 67 matches in the previous year were dismantled, with David Wesley, Dino Ra? A and Rick Fox were released, and Williams traded to the Denver Nuggets for a pair of second-tier pick drafts (Williams will return to the Celtics in 1999 and play for four years). Walter McCarty also earned in trade with the Knicks. With a promising start, disappointing defending champions Chicago Bulls at home on the opening night, and playing hard from youngsters leading to lead in turnover and stealing, the team increased its win from 15 to 36 despite much line loss. Billups then traded to the Raptors during the rookie year, and Mercer traded into the Nuggets during the third season.
1998-2013: Paul Pierce Era
The following year in the 1998 NBA draft, the Celtics drew up Paul Pierce, a college star who had been expected to be composed much earlier than the overall selection of 10 Celtics. Pierce had an immediate impact during the closed-lockout NBA 1998-99 season, averaging 19.5 points and was named Rookie of The Month in February as he led the league in stealing. However, the Celtics continue to struggle because Pitino failed to achieve significant success. After Boston lost to the Toronto Raptors on March 1, 2000, at mere batter by Vince Carter, Pitino delivered memories of "Larry Bird does not walk through the door, fans" speech. He resigned in January 2001.
After Rick Pitino's resignation, the Celtics saw a modest improvement under coach Jim O'Brien. Paul Pierce matured into an NBA star and was ably equipped with Antoine Walker and other players gained over the years. While the team is 12-21 when Pitino goes, O'Brien's record for finishing the season is 24-24. After the 2000-01 season O'Brien was given the head coach job permanently. As a result of various trades, the Celtics had three choices in the 2001 NBA draft. They chose Joe Johnson, Joe Forte, and Kedrick Brown. Only Johnson is successful in the NBA, becoming an ever-lasting All-Star after leaving the Celtics.
The Celtics entered the 2001-02 season with low expectations. The team's success in the final stages of 2000-01 was largely forgotten, and critics were surprised when the team, along with the New Jersey Nets, surged to the top of the Atlantic Division ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers, who just got out of the way to the NBA Finals. The Celtics won the 5-game series with the 76ers in the first half, 3-2. Pierce scored 46 points in a series blast at the Fleet Center. In the Semifinal Conference, the Celtics beat the favored Detroit Pistons 4-1. In their first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals since 1988, the Celtics jumped to a 2-1 series lead over the Nets, having collected 21 points in the fourth quarter to win Game 3, but will lose in the next three games. falling 4-2.
In 2003, Celtics was sold by owner Paul Gaston to Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C., led by H. Irving Grousbeck, Wycliffe Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca. The team made it back into the playoffs but was swept by the Nets in the second half, despite bringing Game 4 to double overtime. Prior to their elimination, the team hired former Celtics guard Danny Ainge as general manager, propelling Chris Wallace to another position in the organization. Ainge believes the team has reached its peak and immediately sent Antoine Walker to the Dallas Mavericks (along with Tony Delk). In return, the Celtics received the often injured Raef LaFrentz, Chris Mills, Ji? ÃÆ' Welsch, and first-round pick in 2004. The Celtics did a playoff, only to be swept in the first round by Indiana Pacers, losing all 4 games with blast margin.
2004-2007: "Doc" is on here
The Celtics were a young team under new coach Doc Rivers during the 2004-05 season, having compiled youngsters Al Jefferson, Delonte West and Tony Allen in the 2004 Draft. Yet they seem to have a good young core player, led by Pierce and Rookie Al Jefferson, to go along with a group of capable veterans. The Celtics went 45-37 and won their first Atlantic Division title since 1991-92, receiving a boost from an Antoine Walker star back in mid-season. The Pacers beat them in the first half again, with the series culminating in losing 27 embarrassing points in Game 7 at Fleet Center. After the Walker season is trading again, this time to Miami Heat. Despite Pierce's career season, where he averaged career highs in points (26.8), the Celtics missed the playoffs with a 33-49 record, largely due to a list of young players and a continuous roster, who saw the likes of Marcus Banks , Ricky Davis and Mark Blount traded to grab the first former general champion Michael Olowokandi and former star Wally Szczerbiak.
The Celtics continued to rebuild in the 2006 NBA draft. The Celtics voted Kentucky point guard Rajon Rondo, who became an important part in the team's revival. In the second half, the Celtics added Leon Powe. The 2006-07 season is bleak for the franchise, starting with the death at 89. Red Auerbach Auerbach is one of the few people left who have been part of the NBA since its inception in 1946. The Celtics went 2- 22 from late December 2006 to early February 2007 after losing Pierce due to injury, the result of a stress reaction on his left foot. At first, the Celtics received a much-needed boost from keeper Tony Allen but he tore the ACL and MCL on an unnecessary dunk effort after the whistle. The Celtics collected a 24-58 record, the second worst in the NBA, including a record 18th straight losing franchise. At the end of the season, the Celtics, with the second worst record in the NBA, at least the hope that they can secure a high draft pick and choose Greg Oden or Kevin Durant to help rebuild the franchise, but the Celtics fell to fifth in the Draft Lottery.
2007-2012: The new "Big Three": Pierce, Allen, and Garnett
In the summer of 2007, GM Danny Ainge made a series of moves that returned the Celtics to fame. On draft night, he traded pick No.5, Jeff Green, Wally Szczerbiak, and Delonte West to Seattle for all-star all-star Ray Allen and a second-round Seattle pick that the team used to pick Glen "Big Baby" Davis from LSU. Then the Celtics traded Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, and Sebastian Telfair to Minnesota, where former Ainge teammate Kevin McHale was G.M., and swapped the first round of 2009 for MVP Kevin Garnett. These steps create the "Boston Three Party" (nickname given to illustrate the combination of Allen, Garnett, and Pierce by Scott Van Pelt in the advert "This Is Sportscenter"), which will revitalize the team and lead them back to glory.
The Celtics completed the largest single-season turnaround in NBA history. "Big Three" new from Pierce, Allen and Garnett went 66-16 in the regular season, 42 games increase. However, the team struggled initially in the playoffs. The Atlanta Hawks took them into seven games in the first half, as did the Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference semifinals. The Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons in six Eastern Conference Finals, winning two road games.
In the 2008 NBA Finals, the Celtics face MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers for the 11th time, the first time since 1987. The Celtics won Game 1 at home 98-88, spurred on by a powerful game by Garnett and a dramatic comeback of Pierce from a half-knee injury. They will also continue to win Game 2 108-102, despite almost blowing 24 points in the fourth quarter. As the series shifts to Los Angeles, the Lakers hold Pierce and Garnett in Game 3 and win 87-81. However, the Celtics will overcome a 24-point deficit in Game 4 to win 97-91, the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history. After once again blowing the big lead, the Lakers held on to win Game 5 103-98, sending the series back to Boston. In Game 6, the Celtics beat the Lakers, winning 131-92, clinch their 17th NBA title, and first since 1986. It remains the most victory in the title-winning game; Paul Pierce was named Finals MVP. The win in Game 6 is a sense of relief, because it is a difficult road to this championship; in the game, the Celtics scored for most of the games the team played in the postseason, with 26, surpassing the 1994 New York Knicks, played by Coach Doc Rivers, and Detroit Pistons 2005, each played 25 but lost in the final. each in seven games (Knicks in 1994, Pistons in 2005).
The 2008-09 Celtics started the season with a 27-2 record, the best preliminary record in NBA history. They also have a pair of 10 consecutive wins of the game including a record 19 franchise game streak. After All Star Break, Kevin Garnett was injured in a defeat against Utah Jazz, missing in the last 25 games of the season. Garnett was finally shelved for the playoffs. The 2009 Celtics still finished with 62 wins, but their playoff game will end up against Magic in the second round, losing in seven games after leading 3-2, the first such event in team history. In the previous round they were pushed into Game 7 against the Chicago Bulls, with four of his games going into overtime, but the Celtics experience was too much for the young Bulls.
The following year, with Garnett returning from injury and the addition of Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels, the Celtics started the season 23-5 and at one point had the best record in the NBA. However, Doc Rivers decided to reduce the aging stars' minutes to keep them fresh for the playoffs. As a result, the Celtics sputtered to a record of 27-27 even the rest of the way and finished the 2009-10 regular season with a 50-32 record, with a better road (26-15) from home (24-17) record. Despite previous predictions the Celtics will never go deeper into the playoffs, the Celtics still manage to make the NBA Finals despite their fourth seed. They beat the Miami Heat in five games, defeating the top-flight Cavaliers in six matches and overthrowing defending champions Magic, avenging their defeat from the previous season. Rajon Rondo emerged as a bona fide superstar during the post-season period, continuing his rise to fame that began with his first All-Star appearance. For the 12th time, their opponent is the Lakers. After leading 3-2 to Los Angeles for Game 6, the Celtics looked poised to win their 18th title. But Kendrick Perkins, the early center team, suffered a severe knee injury early in Game 6, and the Celtics will lose Game 6, and continue to score 13 points in Game 7. After speculation Doc Rivers coach will step down to spend more time with his family , he confirmed on 30 June 2010, that he will return to the team for the 2010-11 season.
During the off season of 2010, with Perkins expected to come out until February 2011, the Celtics signed two former All-Star centers, Shaquille O'Neal and Jermaine O'Neal, along with the Turkish center of Semih Erden, their second-round choice in 2008, Delonte West. The presence of Shaquille O'Neal eventually leads to Perkins's departure: the Celtics are 33-10 in the game Perkins has missed over the year due to injury, with a 19-3 record with O'Neal playing over 20 minutes. As a result, Perkins traded to Oklahoma City Thunder in February, when the Celtics were 41-14 and held the Eastern Conference leaderboard despite other injuries. After the trade, they only won 15 of the last 27 games to complete the 56-26 record, sliding into the third seed, due to injury - O'Neal just played five minutes - and a tough new Celtics adjustment like Jeff Green, Nenad Krsti? and Carlos Arroyo. The 2010-11 season still provides three landmarks: The Celtics became the second team to reach 3,000 victories, Paul Pierce becoming the third Celtic to score 20,000 points after Larry Bird and John Havlicek, and Ray Allen broke the NBA record for most three-points made in a career. The 2011 NBA Playoffs started with the Celtics sweeping the New York Knicks 4-0 in the opening round, but in the second half they were toppled by eventual Eastern champions Miami Heat in five games. Shaquille O'Neal, limited to 12 minutes in two second round matches, retired at the end of the season.
In the 2011 NBA draft, Celtics acquired two teammates Purdue, JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore. During the short pre-season after the 2011 NBA lock, the Celtics signed free agents Marquis Daniels, Chris Wilcox, Keyon Dooling and Greg Stiemsma, while acquiring Brandon Bass of Magic for Glen Davis and Von Wafer. They also re-signed Jeff Green, only to cancel after physically revealing that Green was diagnosed with aortic aneurysm, forcing him to miss the season. The Celtics started the season 0-3 with Paul Pierce with a heel injury and his successor MickaÃÆ' l © l PiÃÆ' © and it took a long time to debut. The struggle made it the longest losing streak of the "Big Three" era with five games, and with the All Star break, the Celtics were under 0,500 with a 15-17 record. However, they are one of the hottest teams after the break, going 24-10 the rest of the year and winning their 5th consecutive division title. The Celtics will finally make the playoffs as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference in the 2012 NBA Playoff.
In the playoffs, the Celtics faced the Atlanta Hawks in the first half, beating them in six games led by powerful games from Pierce and Garnett. In the Semifinals the Celtics Conference faces the Philadelphia 76ers led by Doug Collins and a group of promising young players who will push the Celtics into a full seven game series. After Game 7 85-75 won the Celtics face the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, which had beaten them in the playoffs of the previous year. After losing the first two games in Miami, Boston got up and won the next three games. With the possibility of closing the series at home, C suffered an explosive loss at TD Park 98-79, taking the series back to Miami for Game 7, where the Celtics built an early lead but eventually lost 101-88; Miami will continue to beat Oklahoma City Thunder in the Final.
The 2012 offseason begins with the Celtics having only six players under contract. While Kevin Garnett renewed, Ray Allen chose to sign a contract with the Miami Heat for less money, bringing the era of "Big Three" five years to a rather fierce end. Celtics also signed free agent Jason Terry, Jason Collins, Darko Mili? and Leandro Barbosa; acquired Courtney Lee in a three-team mark and a trade - in which Johnson, Moore, Sean Williams and a second-round pick of the future were sent to the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers got Sasha Pavlovic; composed three players, Jared Sullinger, Fab Melo and Kris Joseph; and updated with Brandon Bass along with Chris Wilcox and Jeff Green, both of which returned to play after suffering from heart disease late in the season.
Despite the loss of Rondo and Sullinger with injuries, the Celtics collected seven consecutive wins, including a Heat win in two extra strokes and the Nuggets in three extra strokes. The winning streak snapped up on 12 February when Leandro Barbosa suffered a torn seasons ACL. To compensate, the Celtics signed Swingman Terrence Williams, ahead of D. J. White and Shavlik Randolph, and traded Barbosa and Collins to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Jordan Crawford's guard. The Celtics finished the season with 41 wins but only played 81 games after the home game against Indiana Pacers on April 16 was canceled after the Boston Marathon bombing; games not made with both teams have ensured their playoff position. 41 wins is the lowest total achieved by the Celtics as a team playing in the playoffs since 2004. The Celtics trailed 3-0 from the New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA Playoff in 2013, before losing six games. In Game 6, the Celtics almost completed their comeback when they went on 20-0 to cut the lead to 4, but that's the closest they get when the New York Knicks will take over to win.
During the offseason, head coach Doc Rivers was allowed out of his contract and went on to train the Los Angeles Clippers, giving Celtics an unsecured first-choice option in 2015 as compensation. A few days later, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett (after canceling his no-trade clause), along with Jason Terry and DJ White, were sold to Brooklyn Nets for Keith Bogans, MarShon Brooks, Kris Humphries, Kris Joseph, Gerald Wallace, and three draft first-round drafts in the future (2014, 2016, 2018), with the right to exchange first-round pick 2017 with Brooklyn. The deal was later approved by the league on July 12, 2013, effectively ending the 'Big 3' era and marked the start of the youth movement for the team.
2013-present: Brad Stevens era
On July 3, 2013, the Celtics announced that Brad Stevens, head coach of Butler University, would replace Doc Rivers as head coach. In mid-season, in January, Rajon Rondo returned and was crowned as the 15th Team Captain in team history, and the team continued the youth movement by purchasing two draft picks in three trading teams that sent Jordan Crawford and MarShon Brooks to the Golden State Warriors while the Celtics received Heat center Joel Anthony. The 2013-14 season marks the first half of the Celtics playoffs since the "Big Three".
Outside of the next season, the Celtics put together Marcus Smart with 6 overall picks and James Young with 17 overall picks in the 2014 NBA draft, and signed Evan Turner. The 2014-15 season has several roster players, the most prominent being Rondo and rookie Dwight Powell who are traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Brandan Wright center, front striker Jae Crowder, veteran point guard Jameer Nelson, and future picks. A total of 22 players spent time with the Celtics, top scorers, and Sullinger rebounders suffered a late left-sided metatarsal bone of the season, and the team was only tenth in the East with 28 games remaining. However, midseason acquisition of Isaiah Thomas helped the team win 22 of their last 34 matches, finishing the season with a 40-42 record, enough for seventh seed in the Eastern Conference Playoff. The Celtics were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers second seed in the first half.
In the 2015 NBA draft, Boston chose Terry Rozier, R.J. Hunter, Jordan Mickey, and Marcus Thornton with 16th, 28th, 33rd, and 45th options respectively. During off-season, Celtics signed Amir Johnson forward and traded Gerald Wallace and Chris Babb in exchange for Warriors forward David Lee. The Celtics finished the 2015-16 NBA season with a 48-34 record, grabbing the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. They play fourth seed Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. After leading by 3 points in Game 4's fourth quarter, guard Avery Bradley descended with a hamstring injury, keeping him seated for the rest of the series. The Celtics lost the series 4-2 to the Hawks, ending their season.
On July 8, 2016, the Celtics signed 4 times All-Star Al Horford. The Celtics finished the 2016-17 season with a 53-29 record and clinched top seeds in the Eastern Conference. After a hip injury ended Thomas' impressive playoff in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final, the Celtics eventually lost to the Cavaliers in five games.
For the 2017 NBA draft, the Celtics won the draft draw, giving them the first option. They are projected to elect a new guard Markelle Fultz, but the polls are then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in return for a third take in the 2017 draft and future picks. The 76ers will go to the Fultz draft, while the Celtics use the third pick to select a new advanced student Jayson Tatum. Semi Ojeleye, Kadeem Allen, and Jabari Bird were selected with the 37th, 53rd, and 56th choices, respectively, in the second half. At the beginning of the season, the team signed Tatum and Ante? I? I ?, among other things, with the largest acquisition is the signing of Gordon Hayward. On 22 August 2017, the Celtics approved a deal that sent Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder ,? I? I and the first draft of the Brooklyn Nets' 2018 draft for the Cleveland Cavaliers in return for Kyrie Irving. An additional draft pick (Celtics' 2020 second round) was then added to the package from the Celtics to the Cavaliers after doctors revealed that Thomas's injury was more significant than previously anticipated.
At the end of the season, only four players remaining from the team Celtics 2016-17, with Marcus Smart became the longest tenured Celtic from the NBA draft 2014. On opening night game against the Cavaliers team, Hayward suffered a broken tibia and a sprained ankle in his left leg, causing him to be ruled out for the rest of the regular season. Despite the defeat, the Celtics continue winning streak 16 games, which also fell as the fourth longest winning streak in team history. Streak began with a 102-92 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on October 20 and ended on November 22 at the hands of the Miami Heat with a 98-104 defeat. The Celtics ended the year with a 55-27 record, good enough for second place in the Eastern Conference.
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Rivalry
Atlanta Hawks
The Celtics-Hawks rivalry is a competition in the Eastern Region of the National Basketball Association that has been going on for more than five decades, although both teams have played each other since the 1949-50 season, when then - Tri-Cities Blackhawks joins the NBA as part of the National Basketball League and merges the Basketball Association of America. However, the Blackhawks could not guide a truly competitive team until they moved to St. Louis as St. Louis Hawks after a four-year stopover in Milwaukee. Both teams have faced eleven times in the NBA Playoffs, four times in the NBA Finals, with the Celtics winning ten of the twelve series against the Hawks, including three of the four NBA Finals. While the Hawks only beat the Celtics twice from eleven series in the NBA Playoffs, they still often succeed in making their series with the impressive Celtics. Competition is increasing in 2016 with Hawks All-Star Center Al Horford rejecting the team and joining the Celtics.
Brooklyn Nets
The Boston Celtics had been rival New Jersey Nets in the early 2000s because of their respective locations and their growing stars. The Nets are led by Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, while the Celtics are experiencing a new success behind Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker. Competition began to heat up in the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals, preceded by a talking garbage from the Celtics who claimed Martin was a fake "tough guy". Everything went as the series began, and the tension on the field seemed to spill over into the stands. Celtics' fans scolded Kidd and his family with shouting "Wife Beater!" in response to Kidd's indictment in 2001 households. When asked about barbs traded fan, Kenyon Martin stated, "Our fans hate them, their fans hate us." Bill Walton said at the time that the Nets-Celtics were "the beginning of the next big NBA competition" during the Eastern Conference Final in 2002 with the Nets progressing to the NBA Finals, although New Jersey will continue to sweep Boston in the 2003 playoffs. In 2012, the year the Nets returned to New York in the Brooklyn area, there were indications that the rivalry might revive when a fight broke out in court on Nov. 28, resulting in runaway Rajon Rondo, Gerald Wallace and Kris Humphries. Rondo was suspended for two matches thereafter, while Wallace and Kevin Garnett were fined. The story was revisited on December 25, when Wallace grabbed Garnett shorts and both had to be split by referees and players. However, the rivalry between the Nets and the Celtics appears to be significantly cooled by the June 2013 blockbuster trade handled by Celtics star Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Nets in exchange for Wallace, Humphries, and others. The move was billed as a merger of two Atlantic Division teams. Celtics broadcaster Sean Grande said, "It's almost like you found a nice house for these people.You can not find a better place.These people will be in the New York market, they will be in a competitive team, they 'I'm going to stay on national TV.It's funny, because my enemy enemies are my friends.So, with Celtics fans feeling what they do about the Heat, feeling what they do about the Knicks, the Nets will be almost the second [Boston] team now. "
Detroit Pistons
The rivalry between the Celtics and the Detroit Pistons peaked in the 1980s, featuring players such as Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, and Joe Dumars. These teams met in the NBA Playoffs five times in 7 seasons from 1985 to 1991, with the Celtics winning in 1985 and 1987, and the Pistons came out on top in the journey to return to the Finals finals final in 1988 and their 1989 and 1990 championship seasons. Led by Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the 2008 Eastern Conference Final the Celtics defeated the Pistons in 6 games to advance to the NBA Finals where they continued to beat the Lakers also in 6 matches.
Los Angeles Lakers
The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers involves two of the most storied franchises in NBA history. This has been called the best NBA competition. Both teams have met twelve notes in the NBA Finals, starting with their first Final encounter in 1959. They will continue to dominate the league in the 1960s and 1980s, facing each other six times in the 1960s, three times in a year 1980s, 2008, and 2010.
The rivalry has been less intense since retiring from Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008 it was updated as the Celtics and Lakers met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the series in six games. They face once again in the 2010 NBA Finals the Lakers won in seven games. Both teams have won the two highest number of championships, Celtics 17, Lakers 16; together, 33 of these championships accounted for almost half of the 70 championships in NBA history.
New York Knicks
The rivalry between the Celtics and the New York Knicks comes from the team's location, both of which are in the NBA Atlantic division. This is one of the many rivalries between the Boston and New York teams. Boston and New York are also the two original NBA franchises that remain in the same city for the duration of their existence. The team has played 512 games against each other during the regular season, with the Celtics winning 276 times. The two teams also faced each other 61 times during the playoffs, with the Celtics winning 34 times.
Philadelphia 76ers
The Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers are the two teams that have the most meetings in the NBA Playoff, playing each other in 19 series, in which the Celtics have won 12. The 76ers are considered the Celtics' biggest rivals in the Eastern Conference. The competition reached a peak when players Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain of the 76ers played each other from 1965 to 1968. Their game would result in the Celtics not winning every NBA Finals series in 1960 when the Sixers won in 1967. During the early 1980s, the team continued to struggle for the conference championship with Larry Bird led the Celtics and Julius Erving led the 76ers.
Washington Wizards
The latest and unexpected competition created between the Celtics and the Washington Wizards. It starts at the end of the 2015-16 season in regular January's regular season after Jae Crowder was given a technical offense. Crowder then began to exchange words with Wizards coach Randy Wittman. It started rising out of season when the Celtics tried to sign Al Horford. It was reported openly that Jae Crowder stressed that the Celtics beat the Wizards in all their meetings that season and had to sign it with them rather than to Washington. In their first meeting in the 2016-17 season, Wall beat Marcus Smart in the back-court when they climbed 20 by the end of the 4th quarter. The walls were struck with Flagrant 2 imitations and were promptly expelled. Smart immediately got up and started a fight with Wall. Their words continued even after being separated with Wall who told Smart to meet him after the game. No incidents were reported between the two after the game. In their next meeting, the Celtics won 117-108. However, after the game Wall and Crowder exchanged words in front of the bench Wizards. Crowder finally tried to jab his finger into the nose Wall and Wall tried to fight with a slap. Co-workers and coaches from both sides must enter and separate the two teams but the players continue to shout as they enter each other's dressing room. Police officers should be kept between two locker rooms to ensure there is no further confrontation. Otto Porter is quoted as calling the Celtics as dirty. Isaiah Thomas replied, "If playing hard is dirty, then I think we are a dirty team."
In the next game in January, the Wizards wear all black to enter the game. The idea is similar to a funeral outfit. Their decision was successful as they beat the Celtics 123-108. The two teams will meet at the Semifinal Conference in the 2016 Playoff. In Game 1, Markieff Morris lands on Horford's ankle after firing a shot. Morris dislocated his ankle and had to miss the rest of the game that lost 123-111. Morris believes that Horford did this on purpose. In Game 2, Morris retaliated by grabbing Horford at his waist and pushing him into a chair. In Game 3, Kelly Olynyk put a hard screen on Kelly Oubre. Olynyk's shoulders hit Oubre on his chin so he fell to the floor. Oubre angrily rose and pushed Olynyk to the floor. Oubre was then rated as a foul 2 and was issued while being suspended for Game 4. No significant fights broke out in the remainder of the seven game series where the Celtics will continue to win. The competition since he suffered as the Celtics have retooled their list but their matches are still seen as significant as they play at Christmas in 2017.
season-by-season record
The last five seasons listed by the Celtics. For season-by-month history, check out the Boston Celtics season list.
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Recordings, numbers and rewards of retirement
The Celtics have a record 17 NBA Championships including 8 in a row, and 11 championships in 13 years. They also have 52 playoffs. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has 40 players immortalized playing for the Celtics, and the franchise has retired 22 jersey numbers, more than any other American sports team.
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Home arenas
Player
List of current names
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The Celtics hold the draft right to select an unsigned draft that has played beyond the NBA. A recruited player appears to be an international conscription or a college scholarship recipient not signed by the team that composed it, allowed to sign contracts with any non-NBA team. In this case, the team retains the draft rights of players in the NBA for up to one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights gained from trading with other teams.
Captain
Franchise leader
Bold indicates still active with the team.
Tilt indicates that it is still active but not with the team. Points printed (regular season) (at the end of the 2016-17 season)
Other stats (regular season) (starting April 18, 2017)
Coach
Head coach
There are 17 head coaches in Celtics history. Red Auerbach is the most successful head coach of the franchise after winning nine NBA championships with the team. Celtic legend Bill Russell took up the coaching job of Auerbach and led them to two NBA championships while playing and coaching at the same time. Two other coaches who won 2 NBA titles with the team were Tom Heinsohn and K. C. Jones. Both Bill Fitch and Doc Rivers lead the Celtics to the last NBA 1st championship as the newest coach to do so. Brad Stevens is the current team head coach.
Coach assistant
Logo and uniform
Logos
The Boston Celtics logo since the early 1960s featured a leprechaun that plays basketball, named Lucky. Originally designed by Zang Auerbach, brother of head coach of the Celtics, Red Auerbach. For a long time, only the logo colors were black, white and green. Then for the 1996-97 season, celebrating the club's 50th anniversary, the logo gets colorful treatment. Lucky's face and hands are painted brown, while gold is inserted in vests, bow ties and hats, as well as browns on balls and shillelagh, and black in his pants and shoes.
The Celtics also have a variety of alternative logos, with the most popular being the white shamrock with the letters "Celtics" on it, encased in a green circle, which has been used since the 1998-99 season. The alternative logo is based on the logos used by the Celtics before they use Zang Auerbach leprechaun. For most of its history, the shamrock was trimmed with gold, as seen on the old team's warm coat. The new secondary logo, launched in 2014, features variations of the leprechaun logo, in silhouette form.
Uniform
"Icons" and "Associations" uniform
For most of their history, the Celtics wore green uniforms on the street and white uniforms at home. The basic template of the Celtics uniforms was now formalized in the 1950s, and along the way they made some adjustments in letters and lines.
Among the more prominent changes in the uniform were the transition from serifed to the sans-serif letter bloc in 1968, the addition of a name in 1972, and the incorporation of the three-leaf shamrock logo in 1998. While most white uniforms remained intact, the green uniforms had been featured city ​​name (1950 -1965; 2014-present) or team name (1965-2014).
When Nike became the provider of NBA uniforms by 2017, they decided to eliminate uniform designations of 'home' and 'away'. Thus the Celtics white uniform is known as the "Association" uniform while the green uniform becomes the "Icon" uniform. Both sets are now used regardless of home and street games.
In January 2017, the Celtics signed a multi-year agreement with General Electric where they became "exclusive Data and Analytics partners" for the team. As part of the deal, GE agrees to pay Celtics more than $ 7 million per year to have a uniform with a GE logo placed prominently on the left shoulder shirt in green and white. This is the first time the company logo has been placed on the game uniform. Along with the GE logo, the Nike logo now represents the right shoulder of the Celtics uniform.
Alternative uniform
From 2005 to 2017, the Celtics wore an alternative green uniform with black letters and trims featuring the word "Boston" on the front. One striking difference in the alternative uniform is a black panel with green shamrock, reminiscent of the original Celtics uniforms worn in the late 1940s.
The gray uniform set is also used from 2014 to 2017. Dubbed the "Parquet Pride", uniforms featuring arms (prominent figures in NBA Adidas uniforms), white letters with green ornaments, leprechaun silhouette logo on shorts, a shamrock logo on the left leg, and pattern like parquet on its side.
For 2017 and beyond, the Celtics will wear a black "Statement" uniform (labeled by Nike referring to the third league jersey). Its features include green letters with white trim, green panel with black shamrock and white player names. Team name is clearly displayed in front.
The Celtics will also wear a fourth alternative uniform, dubbed by Nike as a "City" uniform. Their first "City" uniform is gray and has a parquet floor pattern throughout, green shamrock with white trim on left leg, green letter with white trim, Red Auerbach signature near label uniform, and part of 2008 championship banner in beltline.
Custom uniform
Between 2006 and 2017, the Celtics wore St. St.'s special uniforms. Patrick. Early uniforms are worn from 2006 to 2013 and are very similar to their usual green uniforms except for gold and white and the city's name in front. For 2014 and 2015, sleeveless uniforms, renaming the city in front for the sake of the team name, and now similar to their green/black alternatives. In 2016 and 2017, the uniforms return sleeveless and show the city's name up front, but retain the previous striping.
During the NBA Europe Live Tour prior to the 2007-08 season, the Celtics used alternative t-shirts in their matches against the Toronto Raptors in Rome, except that the words "Boston" on the front side of jersey and shamrock on shorts and on the back of the jersey contained green tricolors, white and red flags of Italy. In the second game in London, regular street jerseys featured patches containing Union Jack.
At the 2008-09 season opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Celtics wore a modified version of their home uniform, with a golden accent, to commemorate last season's championship team.
The Celtics are also wearing Christmas Special Edition uniforms since the 2008-09 season. For the first four games, they wore a modified green uniform with an NBA logo on the snowflake. Then in the 2012-13 season, they wore monochrome uniforms with green writing trimmed in white. For the 2016-17 season, the Celtics wear a special green uniform with more ornate script writing, but without additional striping.
Patch Memorial
During the 2006-07 season, the Celtics wore a patch of black shamrock warnings with the nickname "Red" in green letters on the top right of the T-shirts to commemorate Red Auerbach, who died shortly before the start of the season.
The team has honored Celtics family members who died with black band warning on the left shoulder strap of the jersey. It has been featured eight times in franchise history: Walter Brown (1964-65), Bob Schmertz (1975-76), Joan Cohen (1989-90), Johnny Most (1993-94), Reggie Lewis (1993- 94), Dorothy Auerbach (2000-01), Dennis Johnson (2006-07), Jim Loscutoff (2015-16) and Jo Jo White (2017-18). The Celtics also wore black ribbons for reasons unrelated to the franchise, such as the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, and the death of younger sister Isaiah Thomas during the 2017 NBA Playoff.
Uniform tradition
The team also has a tradition of wearing black sneakers through most of their history, except in the early 1980s when they were wearing green shoes. According to legend, the Celtics patriarch, Red Auerbach, has a problem with white sneakers, claiming that white shoes are easily dirty; then start a long tradition with black shoes. But before the 2003-04 season, Celtics GM Danny Ainge and captain Paul Pierce are currently suggesting wearing white shoes, in part because more teams are wearing black shoes. Auerbach is happy to accept and the white boots have remained ever since the home game. They still wore black sneakers on away games, but in the 2008-09 season, they wore white sneakers with green and gold accents while wearing St. Patrick's Day jerseys on the road. Recently, when the Celtics played on Christmas Day, they wore white or green shoes with red and gold accents. Since the 2009-10 season, the NBA has relaxed its rules on the specified shoe colors, and Celtics players are now seen wearing special and personal sport shoes at home and on the road, although for the most part they wear green, white or black. sneakers.
The Celtics are the only team to wear a warming jacket with the player's name behind. During the 1980s, this style was dominant in most NBA heating jackets, but in the late 1990s, this style gradually declined. The Celtics, however, keep the design appropriate
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