Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Boston Celtics.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Boston was a nice surprise by making the Eastern Conference Finals and they took the Golden State Warriors to six Games before going down in defeat.  Last year resulted in one new surprise entrant and three elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which was not impacted by last season:

1. Bill Russell

2. Larry Bird

3. John Havlicek

4. Bob Cousy

5. Paul Pierce

You can find the entire list here.

Jayson Tatum, who was a Second Team All-NBA Selection and the winner of the inaugural Eastern Conference Finals MVP, vaulted to #18 from #30.

Reigning Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart, moved from #35 to #29.

Former All-Star, Jaylen Brown, moved up to #33 from #37.

Center, Robert Williams, surprisingly is already ranked.  He is #37.

Daniel Theis, who was traded back to the Celtics and has now been traded to Indiana, moved up to two spots to #44.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

We lost one of the greatest Special Teams player in the history of the Game as Ray Guy, the former Raiders Punter, passed away at the age of 73.

Guy was turning heads at Southern Mississippi, and as good as he was, it was a surprise that the Oakland Raiders made him a First Round (23^rd Overall) Pick in the 1973 Draft.  He immediately established himself as the premier Punter in the NFL, perfecting the art of Punting and field position.  Guy went to seven Pro Bowls, was a three-time First Team All-Pro, an All-Decade Team Selection, and he aided Oakland/Los Angeles win three Super Bowls.

Guy was finally inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014, via the Seniors Committee.  He is also a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 2004.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family of Ray Guy.

Perhaps it is a bit of a surprise that Robert Williams is ranked this high, but we love our intangibles and defense here.

It was not a great start for Williams, whose stock fell in the Draft when questions about his work ethic arose, and he did not do himself any favors in his first training camp, but the talent was there and he was worth the investment.  The Center played off the bench for his first two years, showing flashes of defensive genius, but this was just the beginning.

Williams logged more playing time (18.9 MP) in 2020-21, yet still averaged 1.8 Blocks per Game, and was seventh in Blocks per Game.  Last year was when Williams proved he belonged in the defensive elite, earning not only Second Team All-Defensive Honors with his 102.4 leading the NBA in Defensive Rating.  He was also fifth in Defensive Win Shares (3.9), second in Blocks per Game (2.2), and if Williams was in the Game you knew exactly what he was there to do.

In 2022-23, Williams was oft-injured, appearing in only 35 Games and missed the playoffs, and this would be his swansong in Beantown as he was traded to Portland after in the summer of 2023.