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A Chaotic Year
Before the 1978-79 season, Celtics owner Irv Levin traded his ownership stake with John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian of the Buffalo Braves so that Levin could move the Braves to California, becoming t ...
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A Final Garden Party
Perhaps trying to summon good vibes for the contemporary Celtics, the 1963 NBA World Championship team graced the cover of the 1995 playoff media guide. Though the modern-day Celtics tried channeling ...
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A Final Run for the New Big Three
Many observers believed the 2011-12 season would be the final together for the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. In the 2012 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks i ...
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A Hot Start in ’09
After a disappointing defeat in the second round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics made a significant addition for the upcoming season by signing four-time All-Star Rasheed Wallace to beef up the ...
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A Nod to Banner No. 14
The Celtics celebrated their latest NBA World Championship title with the 1981-82 media guide. Boston had hopes for another golden season behind All-Stars Robert Parish, Tiny Archibald and Larry Bird, ...
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A Rough First NBA Season
In 1949, the Basketball Association of America – of which the Celtics were a part – and the National Basketball League merged to form the National Basketball Association. The Celtics joined the Easter ...
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A Season of Changes
With the encouragement of team patriarch Red Auerbach, the Celtics hired former player and Phoenix Suns Coach Danny Ainge as the new Director of Basketball Operations. Ainge wasted little time reshapi ...
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A Tragic Start to a Title Defense
The Celtics barely got to celebrate their 16th NBA World Championship title when Len Bias, the No. 2 overall pick, passed away just two days after the 1986 NBA Draft and 11 days after the end of the N ...
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A Ways to Go
Following a forgettable 1998-99 season, Coach and Team President Rick Pitino continued to tinker with the team during the 1999-2000 campaign. He traded leading scorer Ron Mercer and two others to the ...
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Addition From the Coast
The Celtics set their sights on avenging the loss in the 1985 NBA Finals by addressing one of their biggest needs: another big man to come off the bench. A September 6, 1985, trade with the Los Angele ...