So who actually played their entire NBA career with the Celtics?
I can think of lots of examples from the Russell teams:
Russell
Heinsohn
Jones
Jones
Sanders
Havlicek
Loscutoff
Ramsey
John Thompson (Celtics scrub who became a legendary college coach)
Then there of course were Bird and McHale, and the truncated example of Reggie Lewis, RIP.
Guys who are NOT examples include Cousy, Sharman, Cowens, White.
Guys with short overall NBA careers I checked include:
Rick Carlisle -- no
Luke Harangody -- no
Semih Erden -- no
SexyPants Poirier -- no
Glenn McDonald -- no
(Trivia question: Who was Glenn McDonald? )Sam Vincent -- no; in fact, his career wasn't all that short
Tremont Waters, Carsen Edwards -- no and no
Guerschon Yabusele -- yes (at least so far)
But I did find two other international guys who did have their only NBA stint with the Celtics.
Trivia question: Who?I presume there were actually a lot of guys who were given a shot by the Celtics, didn't work out, and never played in the NBA again. I'm just forgetting who most of them were.
Trivia question: There were at least 3 different bigs who entered the league with the Celtics, went to the Cavs, and haven't played in the NBA since. A similar 4th was a Celtics draftee who never actually played for the Cs. Who were they?
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