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In their 78-year history, the Boston Celtics have selected the following players in the National ... First Overall NBA Draft Pick: Selected for an NBA All-Star Game:
At 21 years and 197 days, Durant is the youngest scoring leader in NBA history, [12] averaging 30.1 points in the 2009–10 season. Stephen Curry led the league with an average of 30.1 points in the 2015–16 season and became the first player to win the title shooting 50–40–90 in a season.
The following year in the 1998 NBA draft, the Celtics drafted Paul Pierce, [91] a college star who had been expected to be drafted much earlier than the Celtics' 10th overall pick. Pierce had an immediate impact during the lockout-shortened 1998–99 season , averaging 19.5 points and being named Rookie of The Month in February as he led the ...
In the second round of the Draft, the Celtics selected guard Gabe Pruitt with the 32nd pick, which was their own, and forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis with the 35th pick, previously obtained from Seattle. [45] On July 31, the Celtics traded for 10-time All-Star and 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett in the single largest trade for one player in NBA history. [46]
Between 1971–72 and 1975–76 the Celtics, led by Dave Cowens and John Havlicek, won 294 of 410 regular season games and reached the conference finals in each of those five seasons, winning two more NBA championships, whilst between 1979–80 and 1987–88 led by the frontcourt of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish the Celtics won 550 ...
This year’s Celtics just took 207 3-pointers — in one fewer game. ... Did I mention that this was the best offense in NBA history? Yes, with the perimeter-oriented offense, they scored 122.2 ...
Bill Russell won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, an NBA record. The following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North America. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). [1]
Boston Celtics' Kevin McHale leaps in the air in an effort to block a shot by Philadelphia 76ers' Charles Barkley as Celtics Danny Ainge looks on during first quarter NBA playoff action in ...