Jammer wrote:Jammer wrote:Fencer reregistered wrote:Which number, not yet retired, has been worn by three different Hall of Famers?
The answer I'm thinking of, along with any others I may have overlooked, is in https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/numbers.html. One of the three is pretty easy to guess. One is tough. One is for a guy who most people probably don't realize ever was a Celtic.
Hint: The number I'm thinking of is in current use.
Further hint: If the number ever is retired, the ceremony is likely to be hilarious, given who two of the previous wearers are.
Yikes, I looked it up.
Aaron Nesmith wears Sam Jones #24.
Four Hall of Famers wear # 24:
Sam Jones (Celtics)
Rick Barry (Warriors)
Moses Malone (wore a bunch of numbers)
Kobe Bryant
I am absolutely shocked # 24 was not permanently retired. 10 Championships for Sam. I would have at least made Nesmith prove he can be the closer in a playoff game (the go to guy with the game on the line) before letting him wear that number. They should give Nesmith a different jersey tomorrow and wait to see if he deserves to wear that number.
Sorry; I wasn't clear. Three Hall of Famers wore the same number for the Celtics without it ever getting retired.
Further hints: All three HoFers played for the Celtics in the 1970s. But if you listed the top three notable Celtics to have worn it, you'd probably have either zero or one of the HoFers on that list.
As for #24 -- somebody had a brain cramp. Of course it's retired. Notwithstanding what various sites say, Nesmith actually wears #26.