The Boston Celtics have had gamers go together with a complete of 68 totally different jersey numbers (and have three extra that aren’t a part of a quantity sequence) since their founding on the daybreak of the Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – the league that might at this time change into NBA), worn by greater than 500 gamers all through the historical past of the Celtics.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, the Celtics Wire covers your complete historical past of Jersey numbers and the gamers who sported them for the reason that staff’s founding.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor a few of the best Celtics to put on these jerseys, there’s a number of historical past to cowl.
And for at this time’s article, we’ll proceed with the twentieth of 29 individuals to put on jersey No. 11, Boston Guard alum Shammond Williams. After ending his faculty profession at UNC, Williams was taken with the thirty fourth total choice within the 1998 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Bronx, New York native would as an alternative play the primary season of his skilled profession with the Atlanta Hawks, after being dealt there on evening. He additionally performed for the (then) Seattle Supersonics (now, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder) earlier than Williams was dealt to Boston in 2002.
His stick with the staff would solely span 51 video games, ending when the Celtics traded him to the Denver Nuggets in 2003. Throughout his time suiting up in Boston, Williams solely wore the No. 11 jersey and put down 7.3 factors, 2.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 steals per sport.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics Jersey Historical past No. 11 – Shammond Williams (2002-03)
