The Boston Celtics have had gamers put on a complete of 68 completely different jersey numbers (and three extra not a part of any numerical collection) since their founding on the daybreak of the Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – the league that may grow to be the present NBA league), worn by greater than 500 gamers all through the historical past of the Celtics.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Celtics Wire covers your complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them because the staff’s inception.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor a number of the best Celtics who wore these jerseys, there may be quite a lot of historical past to cowl.
And for right this moment’s article, we’ll proceed with the fifteenth of 29 individuals to put on jersey No. 11, former Boston ahead Michael Smith.
After ending his faculty profession at BYU, Smith was chosen by the Celtics with the thirteenth general choice within the 1989 NBA Draft. His stick with the staff would span 2 seasons earlier than leaving the staff for enjoying overseas in 1991.
Whereas suiting up for Boston, Smith solely wore jersey No. 11 and averaged 4.9 factors, 1.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per recreation.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Celtics #11 Jersey – Michael Smith (1989-91)
