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 2022/23 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 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 made it to their second Eastern Conference Final, and they are legit contenders to make it there again. There were some significant jumps on the list based on last season.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
1. Bill Russell
2. Larry Bird
4. Bob Cousy
5. Paul Pierce
You can find the entire list here.
Jayson Tatum only went up two spots to #15, despite a second consecutive First Team All-NBA, but that is more due to the incredible players the franchise has had.
Veteran Center, Al Horford, went up two spots to #22.
Jaylen Brown, who was named a Third Team All-NBA player last year, advanced five spots to #27.
Marcus Smart, who is now with Memphis did not jump from #29. This is not a reflection on Smart’s season, but more of a commentary on how loaded this list is and how hard it is to jump.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
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