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Paul George is officially a member of the Boston Celtics. The Jaylen Brown trade was made official on Monday.
With an official arrival comes a jersey unveiling, and so George had to pick a number.
He wore the number 8 with the Philadelphia 76ers, but that's not his classic look. He's going back toward what's normal for him with the Celtics.
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What's Paul George's Celtics jersey number?
George will wear the number 13 with the Celtics.
That's what he has worn most of his career as he's become known as PG-13.
He may already be the most talented player to wear 13 in Celtics history.
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Every Celtics player to wear number 13
This is the full list, which now includes 27 players with the addition of George:
- Red Wallace 1947
- Gene Stump 1948-1949
- Brady Walker 1950-1951
- Bob Harris 1951-1954
- Dick Mehen 1951
- Kenny Sailors 1951
- Charles Smith 1990-1991
- Rickey Green 1992
- Todd Day 1996-1997
- Dontae' Jones 1998
- Damon Jones 1999
- Dana Barros 2004
- Mike James 2004
- Delonte West 2005-2011
- Gabe Pruitt 2008-2009
- Shelden Williams 2010
- Fab Melo 2013
- Vander Blue 2014
- James Young 2015-2017
- Marcus Morris 2018-2019
- Tristan Thompson 2021
- Enes Freedom 2022
- Nik Stauskas 2022
- Malcolm Brogdon 2023
- Drew Peterson 2024-2025
- Ron Harper Jr. 2026
- Paul George 2026-?
Delonte West had the longest run in 13.
Ron Harper Jr. remains with the Celtics and will have to get a new number.
George will try to uplift this unlucky number in Celtics green.
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