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been retired already by boston
no one else in boston has 21, why did he change it?
been retired already by boston
Bill Sharman - #21 - (Number retired October 15, 1966)
Played ten seasons with the Celtics, from 1951-52 through 1960-61, and helped lead the Green and White to four NBA world championship les in 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1961...Was on the All-NBA first team four consecutive seasons, from 1956 through 1959...Was on the All-NBA second team in 1953, 1955 and 1960...8-time NBA All-Star, from 1953 through 1960...Was the 1955 NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player...Named to the NBA 25th Anniversary All-Time team in 1970 and One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996...Was NBA Coach of the Year in 1972...Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of fame in 1976...Is the #1 Free Throw Percentage shooter in Celtics history at .911 (370-for-406).
http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/RetiredNumbers.html
he was the fifth pick in his draft
because it symbolizes how many fingers on each hand that will be empty when his career is over.
I don't know. He asked for 22, 23, 24, and 25, but they wouldn't him have those either. Then he tried 31. No dice. 2+1=3, but 3 was a no-go as well. Neither could he have 2 or 1.
Then he got crazy. 19? Nope. 18? Verboten. 17, 16, 15? Nyet, nein, non. 14? Fuhgettabou .
After trying 00, 35, 33, 32, 10, and 6, they finally agreed to let him have #5.
The Celtics I guess are just very picky about player numbers.
It's kind of ed up that a guy requests that his number not be retired so someone else can wear it, and then they retire the number for the next guy. I seriously hope that they don't think about retiring KG's number if he doesn't win them a le.
if he came to dallas we could have had the pleasure of banning him from wearing 15. Brad "Ass Kicker" Davis! WhooHoo!
Seriously, can we pe ion to have that number unretired? I know he was a long time Mav and all, but was he ever good enough to have his number retired? Even as ty a history as the Mavs have had?
I want them to retire so many numbers that Celtic players are forced to wear things like 61 and 83.
When Dirk gets his number retired, will the banner in the AAC have a picture of an exercise bike?
I'm waiting for 107 or 000.
seriously, I think the reasoning is he was the fifth pick in the 96 draft...or was it the 95 draft? I don't feel like taking the two seconds to google.
nah it'll have a pic of manu grabbing his wrist
I guess so, since looking back that will have been the Mavs' closest brush with a le.
maybe so, maybe not
And the Red Sox will never break the curse of Babe Ruth.
Texas will never beat Oklahoma, Mack Brown is merely a great recruiter and a ty sideline coach.
The White Sox will never break the curse of the Black Sox.
Peyton Manning will never beat New England when it counts or win a Super Bowl.
I don't have a crystal ball, so I don't feel like going out on a limb and proclaiming the Bobcats or Grizzlies will never win a le, but since you do, can I get you in touch with my stockbroker?
Then why is Manu's foul going to end up on Dirk's banner?
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