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 five players who wore No. 51 over the years as of Aug. 2023.
Such an alternative path taking shape instead of his exit to the Philadelphia 76ers could have resulted in very different roster moves and the retention of draft picks that could have strengthened … https://t.co/9LXPsy2b13
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) August 1, 2023
1995 - Charles Claxton - center
Happy birthday Charles Claxton! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/VowxeBnfd6
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) December 13, 2020
1996 - Todd Mundt - center
Happy birthday Todd Mundt! I never heard of until I was today's years old, but it says here you played 9 games for the Celtics in 1996 and apparently that's enough to get you a birthday shoutout on this feed. pic.twitter.com/tdraFcaKNJ
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) May 17, 2021
2007 - Kevinn Pinkney - forward
2011-12 - Keyon Dooling - guard
2019-21 - Tremont Waters - guard
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