The Boston Celtics have had gamers who’re accompanied by a complete of 68 completely different jersey numbers (and have three others who should not a part of a digital collection) from their basis on the daybreak of Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – The League which might change into NBA as we speak), carried by greater than 500 gamers throughout the historical past of the Celtics.
To commemorate the gamers who had been carrying these figures, the Celtics Wire covers the entire historical past of the Jersey numbers and the gamers who sported them from the workforce’s basis.
With 25 of those jerseys now have retired to honor a few of the best Celtics to put on these jerseys, there are lots of historical past to cowl.
And for as we speak’s article, we are going to proceed with the nineteenth of the 29 folks to put on the jersey n ° 11, the Boston Boston Huge Man Mark Bryant alum. After having made the leap on to the college professionals, Bryant was recovered with the twenty first international number of the 1988 NBA draft by the Portland Path Blazers.
The native of Glen Ridge, New Jersey would play the primary 7 seasons of his skilled profession with the Blazers, in addition to with the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets Earlier than being handled by the Nug in Boston in 2003.
It could be the final judgment of his 15 seasons profession, with solely 2 video games performed. Throughout his time that adapts to the Celtics, Bryant solely wore the n ° 11 jersey and made 1.0 rebounds per recreation.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics Jersey Historical past No. 11 – Mark Bryant (2003)
