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 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 15 players who wore No. 9 over the years as of September 2022.
1946-47 – Harold Kottman – center
1948-49 – Mel Riebe – wing
1949-1950 – George Kaftan – forward
1994-99 – Greg Minor – wing
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2000 – Doug Overton – guard
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2000-02 – Milt Palacio – guard
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2002-03 – J.R. Bremer – guard
AP Photo/John Harrell
2004-06 – Justin Reed – forward
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
2006-14 – Rajon Rondo – guard
AP Photo/Elise Amendola
2016-17 – Demetrius Jackson – guard
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2018 – Jarell Eddie – forward
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
2018 – Xavier Silas – guard
AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
2018-20 – Brad Wanamaker – guard
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2021-22 – Romeo Langford – wing
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2022 – Derrick White – guard
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Story originally appeared on Celtics Wire
