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Today in Boston Celtics history, Joe Johnson was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1981. He played collegiate basketball at the University of Arkansas, where he led the team to victory in the SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament championship in 2000.
The Little Rock native was then selected by the Boston Celtics as the 10th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft and played 48 games during his rookie season before being traded. In February 2002, the small forward was dealt, along with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio, and draft assets, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers. He later rejoined the Boston Celtics for a single game in 2022.
The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.
It is also the date of the 1994 NBA Draft, held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Celtics took one player of note, that being big man Eric Montross out of North Carolina, drafted with the ninth overall pick of the draft. Montross played two seasons with Boston, logging 8.8 points and 6.6 rebounds with the franchise before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for draft assets.
The Celtics also drafted Russian big man Andrei Fetisov 36th overall, but immediately traded him and forward Ed Pinckney for wing Blue Edwards and forward Derek Strong. Strong played one season for Boston, logging 6.3 points and 5.4 boards per game over that stretch, while Edwards appeared in just 31 games for the franchise, recording 7.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per contest.
It is also the anniversary of the 1982 NBA Draft, held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, the Celtics again selected just one player of note, center Darren Tillis, taken 23rd out of Cleveland State University. Tillis was with the team for just 15 games before being dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers for forward Scott Wedman. Tillis averaged 1.1 points per game over that short stretch.
Much later in the draft (there were many more rounds in that era), the Celtics picked up Landon Turner of Indiana. The Indianapolis native never suited up for Boston, however, as he had been paralyzed in a car accident in 1981, with the Celtics using the final pick of the 1982 draft to select him as a tribute to his impressive college career.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded
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The Little Rock native was then selected by the Boston Celtics as the 10th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft and played 48 games during his rookie season before being traded. In February 2002, the small forward was dealt, along with Randy Brown, Milt Palacio, and draft assets, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers. He later rejoined the Boston Celtics for a single game in 2022.
The former Razorback averaged 7.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game while with Boston.
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It is also the date of the 1994 NBA Draft, held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Celtics took one player of note, that being big man Eric Montross out of North Carolina, drafted with the ninth overall pick of the draft. Montross played two seasons with Boston, logging 8.8 points and 6.6 rebounds with the franchise before he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks for draft assets.
The Celtics also drafted Russian big man Andrei Fetisov 36th overall, but immediately traded him and forward Ed Pinckney for wing Blue Edwards and forward Derek Strong. Strong played one season for Boston, logging 6.3 points and 5.4 boards per game over that stretch, while Edwards appeared in just 31 games for the franchise, recording 7.1 points, 2.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per contest.
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It is also the anniversary of the 1982 NBA Draft, held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, the Celtics again selected just one player of note, center Darren Tillis, taken 23rd out of Cleveland State University. Tillis was with the team for just 15 games before being dealt to the Cleveland Cavaliers for forward Scott Wedman. Tillis averaged 1.1 points per game over that short stretch.
Much later in the draft (there were many more rounds in that era), the Celtics picked up Landon Turner of Indiana. The Indianapolis native never suited up for Boston, however, as he had been paralyzed in a car accident in 1981, with the Celtics using the final pick of the 1982 draft to select him as a tribute to his impressive college career.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Johnson born; Montross, Tillis drafted; Pinckney traded
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