Football lost a legend as Dick Schafrath passed away today at the age of 84.

Stepping in from Ohio State with the Cleveland Browns, Schafrath maintained the high level that coaches expected at the position of Left Tackle.  He protected the weak side brilliantly but used his powerful frame to create holes for Cleveland backs.  In fact, on eight occasions, Cleveland Browns’ Running Backs won the rushing title with Schafrath anchoring the left side.

The former Buckeye helped Cleveland win the 1964 NFL Championship.

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

Named the Rookie of the Year in 2017 as a Milwaukee Buck, Malcolm Brodgon’s career continued to improve as he was traded three years later to Indiana.

As of this writing, Brogdon has started all 110 of his Games with the Pacers, mostly at the Point Guard position.  Proving to be a balanced player, though not necessarily a superstar, Brogdon provides stability at the Point, and last year he broke the 20 PPG threshold for the first time in his career.

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 pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 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 NBA. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

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

Please note, that this is our first revision in three years, and despite the legends who have suited up in Boston green, we have four new entries and one slight elevation.

As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.

1. Bill Russell

2. Larry Bird

3. John Havlicek

4. Bob Cousy

5. Paul Pierce

You can find the entire list here.

Jayson Tatum, a two-time All-Star and a Third Team All-NBA Selection last year enters at #30.  

Jaylen Brown, an All-Star last year, comes in at #37.

Two players who are now no longer Celtics, Daniel Theis and Kemba Walker, debut at #46 and #49 respectively.

Marcus Smart moved up from #38 to #35.

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

When Daniel Theis was draft eligible in 2013, the German Center was not on anyone’s radar.  This changed when after four seasons as a German League All-Star, and German League Champion with Brose Bamberg, he was on the North American radar, and the Celtics signed him in 2017.

Theis was a bench player in his first two years, barely averaging 14 Minutes per Game, but he was a nice change of pace with his European style of play.  While he was not the most physical player, Theis can’t be classified as soft either.

In 2019-20, Theis became a starter, and showed improvement defensively with a 1.3 Blocks per Game Average with a Celtic-high 6.6 Rebounds per Game.  Theis was much of the same in 2020-21, and he helped them go deep in to the playoffs.  He left Boston when he was traded during the 2020-21 season to the Bulls, but returned in 2022 when his then team, Houston, treaded him back to Boston for their playoff run.  Theis, who helped Boston reach the NBA Finals, but he was traded again after, this time to Indiana.