Notable events in Celtic's history. (was bored one night)

[xmuscularghandix]

1955/1956-Ed Macauley (along with Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman) is the face of the Boson Celtics, he's played in the first 7 NBA All-star games (MVP of the first), Three-time all-NBA first team, one-time NBA second team.

1956- "Easy" Ed and Mr. Basketball are dropped from the play-offs by the Syracuse Nationals for the third year in a row.

1956- Arnold "Red" Aurbach is hired as the coach of the Boston Celtics

1956- with their territorial pick the Boston Celtics select Tommy Heinsohn

1956- Ed Macauley is traded to his hometown St. Louis Hawks for the trade rights to one Bill Russell 

1956- Boston Celtics select KC Jones (round 2, pick 1)

1957- Boston Celtics select Sam Jones (8th overall Pick)

1961- after winning 5 of the past 6 seasons Bill Sharman retires

1962- with the 7th overall pick in the NBA draft the Boston Celtics select: John Havlicek

1963- after winning 6 out of the past 7 seasons Bob Cousy retires

1969- after winning his 11th championship player/coach Bill Russell retires

1969- with the Ninth pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Jo Jo White

1969/1970- for the first time since 1949/1950 the Celtics finish under .500

1970- with the 4th overall pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Dave Cowens (with the 4th pick in the 7th round the Celtics also drafted Charlie Scott, but he decides to take up an offer to play in the ABA instead)
 
1972- Boston Celtics acquire big man Paul Silas from the Suns as compensation for them signing Charlie Scott (who had become tired of dominating in the ABA)

1973- Boston Celtics draft Paul Westphal with the 10th overall pick in the NBA draft.

1973/1974- Boston Celtics win their 12th Championship

1975- Paul Westphal is dealt to the Phoenix Suns for Charlie Scott and future considerations.

1975/1976- Celtics win their 13th Championship (defeating Paul Westphal and the Phoenix Suns)

1977- with the 12th over all pick the Boston Celtics Select Cedric Maxwell

1977/1978- the boston Celtics finish below .500 and fail to make the play-offs

1978- In the NBA draft the Boston Celtics select Larry Bird with the 6th overall pick (despite him deciding to go back to school for another year), and Freeman Williams with the 8th overall.

1978- Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin and Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown agreed to trade places. Levin, a California native, would takeover the Braves and move them to San Diego, where they became the Clippers, while Brown would takeover the Celtics. But these owners also wanted to take the players they inherited with them, so :

      Boston Aquires: Nate Archibald, Marvin Barnes, Billy Knight
      Clippers Aquire: Kermit Washington, Kevin Kunnert, Sydney Wicks, Celtics '79 1st round pick

1978/1979- the Boston celtics finish below .500 for the second year in a row (they actually were below .400 these years.)

1979-  Larry Bird plays in his first NBA game (Celtics beat the Rockets 114 to 106)

1979/1980- Celtics lose in the second round to the 76ers

1980-  Celtics trade the 1st Overall Pick in the NBA Draft to the Golden State Warriors in return for Robert Parish and the 3rd Overall Pick.

1980- With the third pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics pick Kevin McHale

1980/1981- in their first year together the "Big Three" win Boston it's 14th title (Cedric Maxwell is the MVP)

1981- with the 62nd pick in the NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics select Danny Ainge

1983- Celtics trade Rick Robey and  to Phoenix in return for Dennis "DJ" Johnson (DJ was orinally aquired by Phoenix when they traded none other than Paul Westphal to Seattle)

1983/1984- Celtics win their 15th title

1985/1986- Celtics win their 16th title

1986- with the second pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Len Bias

1986- Len Bias dies of a cocaine overdose less than 48 hours from being drafted.

1987- with the 22nd pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Reggie Lewis

1989- with the 40th overall pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Dino Radja, Dino would sign with Virtus Roma of the Euroleague

1990- with the 19th pick in the NBA draft, the Celtics select Dee Brown

1992- Larry Bird retires

1993- Kevin Mchale retires

1993- Reggie Lewis suffers a sudden cardiac death

1993- Dino Radja joins the Celtics for the upcoming season.

1993/1994- The Boston Celtics are once again below .500

1994- Robert Parish enters free agency, and signs with the Hornets

1996- with the 6th pick in the NBA draft, the Celtics select Antoine Walker

1997- The Boston Celtics select from the NBA draft Chauncey Billups with the 3rd overall pick and Ron Mercer with the 6th overall pick.

1998- With the 10th pick in the NBA draft the Boston Celtics select Paul Pierce

1998- Boston Celtics trade Dee Brown, Chauncey Billups, John Thomas, and Roy Rogers to Toronto in return for Kenny Anderson, Zan Tabak, and Popeye Jones.

1999- Celtics trade '99 first round draft pick and Andrew DeClercq for Vitaly Potapenko
1999- Celtics trade Ron Mercer, Popeye Jones, and Dwayne Schintzius to the Nuggets for Danny Fortson, Eric Williams, Eric Washington, and a conditional 1st Round Pick.
2001-  with the 10 pick in the NBA draft the Boston Celtics select Joe Johnson

2001- The Boston Celtics trade Joe Johnson, Milt Palace, Randy Brown, and their '02 1st Round Draft Pick. Celtics receive Tony Delk, and Rodney Rogers.

2001/2002- The Boston Celtics go above .500 and make the playoffs for the first time in 7 years. Although they lose in the Eastern Conference Finals to the New Jersey Nets. (NJ went on to lose to the Lakers in the finals.)

2003- The Boston Celtics trade their 16th and 20th overall picks (Troy Bell, Dahntay Jones) for the rights to Marcus Banks (13th) and Kendrick Perkins(27)

2003- The Boston Celtics trade Antoine Walker and Tony Delk to Dallas for Raef LaFrentz, Chris Mills, Jiri Welsch, and a 2004 1st Round pick.

2003- The Boston Celtics receive Ricky Davis, Chris Mihm, Michael Stewart and a '04 2nd Round pick, in return for Eric Williams, Kedrick Brown, and Tony Battie.

2004- The Boston Celtics acquire Chucky Atkins, Lindsay hunter, and a '04 1st Round Draft pick from Detroit in a 3 way trade. Celtics dish out Mike James.

2004- With 3 picks in the 1st Round of the NBA draft the Boston Celtics select: Al Jefferson, Delonte West, and Tony Allen(15,24,25)

2004/2005- The Boston Celtics win the Atlantic Division for the first time since 91/92. (lose in first round to Indiana.)

2005- Boston Celtics reiveive Antoine Walker from Atlanta in return for Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta, Michael Stewart and a first-round draft pick.

2005- with the 18th pick in the NBA Draft, The Boston Celtics select Gerald Green.

2006- Boston Celtics acquire the Draft rights to Rajon Rondo in return for Brian Grant's contract (Grant retired a day prior), and a future 1st Round Draft pick.

2006- Boston Celtics acquire Draft Rights to [/b]Leon Powe[/b] from Nuggets (49th overall) in return for a future Boston second round draft pick

2006/2007- The Celtics are plagued by injuries and have one of the worst seasons in team history, highlighted by an 18 game losing streak.

2007- Boston Celtics select Gabe Pruitt with the 32nd pick in the NBA draft.

2007- The Boston Celtics trade Wally Szczerbiak, point guard Delonte West, and the number 5 pick in the 2007 draft for Ray Allenand the draft rights to Glen "Big Baby" Davis

2007- The Boston Celtics trade Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff, and two 1st Round draft picks (07,08) in return for Kevin Garnett

2007- The Boston Celtics sign James Posey

2007- The Boston Celtics sign Eddie House

2007/2008- The Boston Celtics win their 17th banner, with Captain Paul Pierce as the MVP.

2008- Boston Celtics select J.R Giddens with the 31st overall pick in the NBA Draft

2008- Boston Celtics obtain Billy Walker's draft rights from Washington, Celtics buy him outright.

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[Jeff]

nice list! 

[Andy Jick]

this is a great reference...i've shared this before but this is an appropriate place for it.  EVERY transaction for every team in nba history noted here:

http://www.prosportstransactions.com/basketball/

[ACF]

That's worth a Tommy Point.

[Redz]

1979-  Larry Bird plays in his first NBA game (Celtics beat the Rockets 114 to 106)

I was there!  Still have the stub.

[xmuscularghandix]

1979-  Larry Bird plays in his first NBA game (Celtics beat the Rockets 114 to 106)

I was there!  Still have the stub.

TP for you.

[celticmaestro]

Now that, is a long list.

Man we're good. TP Ghandi (again!).

[xmuscularghandix]

my favorite little set of occurances

1970- with the 4th overall pick in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics select Dave Cowens (with the 4th pick in the 7th round the Celtics also drafted Charlie Scott, but he decides to take up an offer to play in the ABA instead)
 
1972- Boston Celtics acquire big man Paul Silas from the Suns as compensation for them signing Charlie Scott (who had become tired of dominating in the ABA)

1973- Boston Celtics draft Paul Westphal with the 10th overall pick in the NBA draft.

1975- Paul Westphal is dealt to the Phoenix Suns for Charlie Scott (who was originally drafted by the C's in 1970) and future considerations.

1975/1976- Celtics win their 13th Championship (defeating Paul Westphal and the Phoenix Suns)

1981- The Phoenix Suns trade Paul Westphal(drafted by the Celtics) to Seattle for Dennis "DJ" Johnson

1983- Celtics trade Rick Robey to Phoenix in return for Dennis "DJ" Johnson


after looking through and finding these stats i've become obsessed with our connection with the Suns, Paul Westphal, and Charlie Scott.


(note: Rajon Rondo was drafted by the Suns, Danny Ainge played for the Suns, Eddie House played for the Suns.)

[Redz]

1979-  Larry Bird plays in his first NBA game (Celtics beat the Rockets 114 to 106)

I was there!  Still have the stub.

TP for you.

My father and a friend got season tickets for Bird's rookie year.  Our seats were right behind the Celtics bench.  Your feet would freeze from the ice below.

Before the game they released a dove as a symbol of the dawn of the Bird era.  The dove flew up to the top of the scoreboard where it brushed down a large pile of dust and debris!

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That old scoreboard was such a clunker.  It reminded me of a large chunk of pineapple.

[Redz]

(note: Rajon Rondo was drafted by the Suns, Danny Ainge played for the Suns, Eddie House played for the Suns.)

So did Joe Johnson 

[Redz]

1979-  Larry Bird plays in his first NBA game (Celtics beat the Rockets 114 to 106)

I was there!  Still have the stub.

TP for you.

The stub...a homely looking thing

$11 for courtside!