The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.
In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.
Today’s installment focuses on the dozen players who wore No. 44 over the years as of Aug. 2023.
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1972-75 - Paul Westphal - guard
1977-78 - Dave Bing - guard
1980 - Pete Maravich
1981-89 - Danny Ainge - guard
1991-97 - Rick Fox - forward
1999 - Eric Riley - center
1999-2001 - Adrian Griffin - wing
2003-05 - Jiri Welsch - wing
2005-10 - Brian Scalabrine - forward
2011-13 - Chris Wilcox - center
2014-17 - Tyler Zeller - center
2018-21 - Robert Williams III - center
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