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Today in Boston Celtics history, Boston big man alum Charles Bradley was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1959. He played his college basketball at the University of Wyoming and was selected as the 23rd pick in the 1981 NBA Draft by the Celtics, chosen ahead of his teammate and future team President of Basketball Operations, Danny Ainge.
He played two seasons with Boston in a reserve role, putting up averages of 3.3 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.5 assists, and as many steals per game over 102 games. The Havre de Grace native was waived by the Celtics in October 1983.
He then signed with the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder), his final stop as an NBA player.
It is also the date that we lost former Celtics small forward Horace Albert “Bones” McKinney in 1997. A native of Lowland, North Carolina who played at both North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina, McKinney played most of his six-season NBA career with the team that drafted him, the (now defunct) Washington Capitals.
After that team went belly up, he was picked up by Boston in the dispersal draft, and played a total of 97 games for the team over two seasons, averaging 5.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2 assists per game before retiring as a player in 1952. Rest in peace.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics history: Charles Bradley born; Bones McKinney passes
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He played two seasons with Boston in a reserve role, putting up averages of 3.3 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.5 assists, and as many steals per game over 102 games. The Havre de Grace native was waived by the Celtics in October 1983.
He then signed with the (then) Seattle SuperSonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder), his final stop as an NBA player.
Gone too soon
It is also the date that we lost former Celtics small forward Horace Albert “Bones” McKinney in 1997. A native of Lowland, North Carolina who played at both North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina, McKinney played most of his six-season NBA career with the team that drafted him, the (now defunct) Washington Capitals.
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After that team went belly up, he was picked up by Boston in the dispersal draft, and played a total of 97 games for the team over two seasons, averaging 5.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2 assists per game before retiring as a player in 1952. Rest in peace.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics history: Charles Bradley born; Bones McKinney passes
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