On this present day Boston Celtics Historical past, little striker Frankie Sanders was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1957. Sanders had been a university star who collected on common 26 factors and ten rebounds per match when he performed to Southern College, and was picked up with the twentieth selection in whole of the 1978 draft of the NBA by the San Antonio Spurs.
One thing in a tragic story, Sanders ransacked which gave the impression to be a promising profession with drug habit, successfully separating from the NBA. It was in all probability a significant component behind the dangerous sport (6 factors and a couple of.7 plates per sport). This led the Spurs to surrender the recruit at solely 22 video games in its first season within the league. The Celtics picked him up and he completed the season with Boston, enjoying 24 video games and on common 5.5 factors and a couple of.1 rebounds per sport – not sufficient to justify protecting it of their eyes.
They managed to rework his contract in a second spherical selection by way of the Indiana Pacers, who signed it however lastly minimize it earlier than the common season.
It is usually the date of the bottom rating to which the Celtics have by no means held an opponent, a victory of 49-43 in 1947 of their inaugural season in opposition to the Ironmen of Pittsburgh, now disappeared.
Charlie Hoefer led Boston with solely 11 factors within the case with a low rating, and Coulby Gunther les Ironmen with 14.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Historical past of Celtics: Frankie Sanders born; Lowest opponent
