I am fine with it the way it is--seems very special to me--part of the reason we are all Celtics fans--part of Celtics tradition. Other teams don't have this issue because they did not earn the banners in the rafters.
Keep the Leprechaun because Red's brother designed it--keep the straightforward uniforms because they wore them and went 11 for 13 during the Russell era. Personally I would have kept only black sneakers with white laces also. That is all I play in.
If I buy a Celtics shirt with 6 on it I want it to say Russell, 14- Cousy, 33-Bird, 15- Heinsohn, 17- Havlicek and 3 - Johnson. If you want to be a C's fan you should know the retired numbers and why they were retired.
Beautiful. Wish I could say it better, but I cannot.
The Boston Celtics are special, unique. Let's keep it that way.
Walter Brown and Red Auerbach are only the two most important people in the history of the greatest franchise in basketball - Do Not throw away their numbers.
Why the hand-wringing over numbers ? So what if we have a few less available #'s than other teams ? We've had more outstanding players than other teams. Makes sense.
Plenty left, #'s 4, 7,8,9,11,12,13,20, 26,27,28,29,30,36,37,38,39,all 40's & 50's.
Personally, I'd just as soon they not have any number higher than 55. Just doesn't look right for basketball. BTW, those #90's jerseys look ridiculous.