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CBS News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Where Jayson Tatum's fourth straight All NBA First-Team ranks in Celtics history
What happened to the Celtics against the Knicks, and what's next this offseason? What happened to the Celtics against the Knicks, and what's next this offseason? What happened to the Celtics against the Knicks, and what's next this offseason? Jayson Tatum was named to his fourth straight All-NBA First Team on Friday, yet another impressive accomplishment for the 27-year-old Boston Celtics star. Tatum was unanimous First Team selection, and is now just one of 24 NBA players to make the All-NBA First Team in four or more straight seasons. It's the longest streak for a Celtics player since Larry Bird earned All-NBA First Team honors in nine straight seasons from 1979-80 through 1987-88. Jayson Tatum's spot in Celtics history Making four All-NBA First Teams is a pretty big accomplishment, but Tatum has a long way to go to match other greats of Celtics lore. He's now the fifth Celtics player to earn at least four First Team nods, matching the totals of John Havlicek and Bill Sharman. But Tatum has a long way to go to match Bird (nine All-NBA First Teams) and Bob Cousy, who leads all Celtics players with 10 All NBA First-Team nods. Tatum is now up to five total All-NBA honors, along with his Third Team nod in 2019-20. It's the sixth-most All-NBAs by a Celtics player after Cousy's 12 All-NBA selections. Havlicek (four First Team, seven Second Team) and Bill Russell (three First team, eight Second Team) both earned 11 selections, while Bird secured 10 (nine First Team, one second team) and Bill Sharman had seven (four First Team, three Second Team) over his career. Jayson Tatum's 2024-25 season Tatum earned his First Team nod with an incredible 2024-25 season where he led the Celtics at 26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game. He shot 45.2 percent from the floor and 34.3 percent from three-point range, as Tatum averaged more than 26 points per game for a fifth straight season. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he'll be adding a fifth straight First Team nod next summer, as the C's superstar will likely miss most of the year after rupturing his Achilles in Boston's second-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks. All-NBA First Team 2024-25 Along with Tatum, Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander earned All-NBA First Team honors for the 2024-25 NBA season. Tatum was the only Celtics player to receive All-NBA honors this season. He also finished fourth in NBA MVP voting behind winner Gilgeous-Alexander and runner-ups Jokic and Antetokounmpo. Tatum received 11 third-place votes, 84 fourth-place votes, and four fifth-place votes in the MVP process.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Celtics vs. Knicks: Rivals clash on court, in card market
As the Eastern Conference semifinals shift to the wild setting of Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks are looking to pull off an upset of the heavily favored Boston Celtics. New York vs. Boston is always a fierce rivalry in sports, and these storied NBA franchises are meeting in the playoffs for the 16th time in history. Advertisement Ahead of Game 3 on Saturday afternoon, cllct breaks down the starting lineups for each team based on their historic card sales. Boston Celtics Guard: Bob Cousy, $63,000.00 1957 Topps Bob Cousy Rookie No. 17 PSA NM-MT 8 The 1957 Topps set ranks among the most important in basketball history, introducing legends such as Cousy and Bill Russell, but it was also the first time Topps dipped into the basketball landscape. Cousy sometimes understandably gets overshadowed in Celtics lore, playing alongside Russell for six NBA championships and winning the 1957 MVP, the same year as this Topps set. This Cousy card actually has quite a large population, with 37 at a PSA 8. Though, there are five graded higher, three at PSA 9 and two at 8.5, but none of those have sold. Advertisement This card sold for $63,000 in Aug. 2021 at Heritage. Guard: John Havlicek $100,655.00 1969 Topps No. 20 John Havlicek Rookie – PSA GEM MT 10 The 1969 Topps set certainly delivered a bang. After a 12-year hiatus in Topps basketball, following the release of the iconic 1957 set, Topps returned with the 'Tall Boy' set, including legends such as Hondo, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) and Walt 'Clyde Frazier.' This card might very well sell for a record should it come to auction anytime soon. At a Pop 2 for a PSA GEM MT 10, its last sale, for $100,655, came in Oct. 2018 at Goldin, well before the market boom. Forward: Jayson Tatum $193,200.00 **2017-18 Panini National Treasures Patch Autographs No. 103 Jayson Tatum Signed Rookie Patch Card (#36/99) – PSA GEM MT 10, PSA/DNA 10 ** Advertisement Tatum's card market is certainly outpacing his performance through two games this series. His 2017-18 Panini National Treasures /99 leads the charge of a myriad of six-figure sales. This GEM MT 10, PSA/DNA 10 sold for $193,200 in May 2022 at Goldin, $1,200 more than the previous record, also at Goldin, just a month prior. Of note, the latter sale was graded by PSA, whereas the first was graded by Beckett, earning a BGS GEM MINT 9.5/BGS 10. Forward: Kevin Garnett $132,000.00 **2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Kevin Garnett (Number Pieces Autograph) #NP-KG PSA NM 7, PSA/DNA Auto 10 ** ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Advertisement That's my impression of the Celtics wishing KG could walk through that tunnel to provide some defense at the end of the game. Well, that's not happening. But he is providing the C's with a boost here, with his 2003 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection card, the only one known with a PSA 10 Auto. It last sold in October at Heritage for a record $132,000. Center: Bill Russell $660,000.00 1957 Topps Basketball Bill Russell SP Rookie No. 77 PSA 8.5 NM-MT+ (PWCC-A) The greatest winner in the history of the sport certainly deserves to have the top card sale for the NBA's winningest franchise. Russell's 1957 Topps card last sold in May 2023 at the Fanatics Premier Auction for a record $660,000, which is $30,000 more than the previous high for this card. Advertisement This card has a Pop 2, but interestingly there are three cards graded at a 9 in PSA's registry, though none have ever sold. New York Knicks Guard: Jalen Brunson $96,660.60 2018-19 Panini Prizm Nebula Choice Prizm No. 250 Jalen Brunson Rookie Card (#1/1) - PSA MINT 9 Like Brunson's playoff run so far, this 2018-19 Panini Prizm is a 1/1. Graded a PSA MINT 9, this Brunson card's only sale came in November for $96,660.60, at the time a record for a Brunson card by more than $72,000. That lead has now been cut to just over $17,000 with the sale of his 2018-19 Panini National Treasures Rookie Patch Autographs in December for $79,300. Guard: Walt Frazier $252,000 1969 Topps Basketball Walt Frazier Rookie No. 98 PSA 10 Gem Mint The 'Tall Boy' moniker for this release certainly held true, with Alcindor and Wilt Chamberlain's cards marking the top sales. But 'Clyde the Glide' isn't far behind, with the third-highest sale of the set, at $252,000. Advertisement Last selling for $252,000 at Fanatics Premier in July 2023, this card is the highest-selling card of any Knicks player in history, and that likely won't change anytime soon considering this a Pop 1 in an iconic set. Which would sell for more? This card or a collection of all his incredible blazers? Forward: Carmelo Anthony $43,200 2003-04 UD 'Exquisite Collection' Rookie Parallel No. 76 Carmelo Anthony Signed Patch Rookie Card (#06/15) - BGS NM-MT 8/BGS 10 Carmelo Anthony finds himself one of the newest additions to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, following his induction in April. But where he might not find himself is in the basketball card hall of fame. Advertisement His top sale, $43,200 for his 2003-04 UD 'Exquisite Collection' Rookie Parallel at Goldin in Aug. 2021, is certainly nothing to scoff at. It's just not an all-time great, especially looking at a couple of his draft class peers. Dwyane Wade's top sale from the same set, is nearly four times Anthony's, at $223,860.00. And LeBron James … well, let's just say he's already working on cementing his GOAT status in the card world as well. Forward: (tie) Karl-Anthony Towns/Patrick Ewing $40,800 2015 National Treasures Karl-Anthony Towns Rookie Logoman Patch Auto 1/1 BGS 8.5 1997 Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems Patrick Ewing PMG Green /10 No. 26 BGS 7 We have a tie! Advertisement And a shocking one to say the least. But maybe it just speaks to the current market of the modern card. Ewing, the all-time leading scorer in franchise history, has a sale of the same price as Towns, whose top sale came well before his time in the Big Apple. Towns' 1/1 2015 National Treasures Logoman sold at Fanatics Premier in October 2022, just a few short months after Ewing's top sale in June 2022, also at Fanatics Premier. The Ewing card is a part of the 1997 Metal Universe set, one of the most popular in hobby history. Center: Willis Reed $150,000 1969 Topps Basketball Willis Reed Rookie No. 60 PSA 10 Gem Mint In a not-so-shocking turn, the two highest sales in team history are from the Knicks' two greatest champions, Frazier and the late Willis Reed. Advertisement Reed, who died in 2023, is most-known for his heroics in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, playing the game with a torn muscle in his thigh. Reed's efforts helped seal New York their first championship, but also began a string of debilitating injuries that would force him to retire at the end of the 1974 season. The combination of being a Knicks legend, NBA champion, his playoff pedigree and featured in the '69 Topps set, guaranteed Reed a spot on this list. The card last sold for its record $150,000 in July 2023 at Fanatics Premier. Matt Liberman is a reporter and video producer for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.
USA Today
02-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
On this day: IT goes for 53, Coach Russell hangs last banner; beat 76ers in '81 ECF
On this day: IT goes for 53, Coach Russell hangs last banner; beat 76ers in '81 ECF On this day in Boston Celtics history, Boston big man luminary Bill Russell won his last NBA championship in 1968. He did it serving as player-coach of his Celtics squad when Boston dispatched their longtime rival Los Angeles Lakers 124-109 on the road in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Celtics forward John Havlicek led all players with 40 points and 10 rebounds, forward Bailey Howard added 30 points and 11 boards, and point guard Larry Siegfried chipped in another 22 points and 6 assists in the win. It was the Celtics' 10th banner hung as a franchise, the first won in Russell's rookie season. The title was also the first championship won without legendary general manager Red Auerbach serving in the role of head coach. It was the first time NBA play had taken place in the month of May, and the first of the four major U.S. sports to see a Black head coach win a championship in the modern era. In 1981, the Boston Celtics erased a double-digit lead by the Philadelphia 76ers to win Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, 91-90. Larry Bird led Boston with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and as many steals. Forward Cedric Maxwell added 19 points and 6 boards, and Robert Parish 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks. The Celtics went on to win their 14th title over the Houston Rockets in the NBA Finals 4-2. It is also former Celtic big man Troy Murphy's birthday today. Murphy was born in 1980 in Morristown, New Jersey, and played for Notre Dame in college and the Indiana Pacers and New Jersey (at that time) Nets before being dealt to the Golden State Warriors in 2011. Murphy was bought out and signed with Boston for the remainder of the season to help shore up the Celtics' aging frontcourt. He appeared in 17 regular-season games for Boston, averaging 2.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 0.4 assists per game while with the team. It is also the anniversary of a 109-99 Game 7 victory over the Chicago Bulls in the 2009 NBA Eastern Conference first round, the Celtics clinching the series with only the third game in that stretch that did not require overtime to settle. "Oh, my God. Overtime after overtime after overtime," offered center Glen Davis on the welcome change of pace, via the Associated Press. Ray Allen led the Celtics with 23 points and 7 rebounds, and Paul Pierce added 20 points and 9 boards. On this day, point guard Isaiah Thomas scored 53 points in a 129-119 playoff victory over the Washington Wizards in 2017. The win was especially emotional for IT. It came on what would have been his sister Chyna's 23rd birthday. She had passed earlier in the week in an automobile accident. To add insult to injury, the Seattle native had spent hours in the dentist's chair ahead of the game addressing a tooth that had gotten knocked out earlier in the series. It was the second-highest postseason point total logged by a Celtic, a point behind forward John Havlicek's 54-point record and just ahead of Ray Allen's 51-point performance from Game 6 of the 2009 first-round series against the Bulls. "The least I can do is go out there and play for her," Thomas said after the game via the Associated Press. "I knew once game-time came, my guys would get me going ... There was no way I was sitting out." It is also the date that we lost big man Toby Kimball in 2017. The former UConn player had been drafted by Boston in 1965 and played 38 games over one season with the team before he was picked up by the (then) San Diego Rockets in the 1967 NBA expansion draft. He averaged 2.6 points and 3.8 boards per game while with the Celtics.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boston Celtics jersey history No. 17 - John Havlicek (1962-78)
The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. Advertisement With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover. Unknown date; New York, NY, USA; FILE PHOTO; Boston Celtics forward John Havlicek (17) in action against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports And for today's article, we will continue with the 11th of 11 people to wear the No. 17 jersey, Hall of Fame Boston wing alum John Havlicek. After ending his college career at Ohio State, Havlicek was picked up with the ninth overall selection of the 1962 NBA draft by the Celtics. The Martins Ferry, Ohio native played his entire, 16-season career for Boston, winning a total of eight NBA titles, a finals Most Valuable Player award, 13 All-Star nods, 11 All-NBA teams, and too many more honors and achievements to note here, his number retired after he left the league as a player. Advertisement During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Havlicek wore only jersey No. 17 and put up 20.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference. This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 17 - John Havlicek (1962-78)
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Boston Celtics jersey history No. 17 - John Havlicek (1962-78)
Boston Celtics jersey history No. 17 - John Havlicek (1962-78) The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover. And for today's article, we will continue with the 11th of 11 people to wear the No. 17 jersey, Hall of Fame Boston wing alum John Havlicek. After ending his college career at Ohio State, Havlicek was picked up with the ninth overall selection of the 1962 NBA draft by the Celtics. The Martins Ferry, Ohio native played his entire, 16-season career for Boston, winning a total of eight NBA titles, a finals Most Valuable Player award, 13 All-Star nods, 11 All-NBA teams, and too many more honors and achievements to note here, his number retired after he left the league as a player. During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Havlicek wore only jersey No. 17 and put up 20.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
