Boston Celtics 2020 Daily Sports Calendar

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:I'll take a shot; $9,000.

Close.  ^

$10,000?

NYCelt wrote:

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:I'll take a shot; $9,000.

Close.  ^

$10,000?

Closer. One more time. ^

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:I'll take a shot; $9,000.

Close.  ^

$10,000?

Closer.  One more time.  ^

OK, $11,000?

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NYCelt wrote:

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:

gyso wrote:

NYCelt wrote:I'll take a shot; $9,000.

Close.  ^

$10,000?

Closer.  One more time.  ^

OK, $11,000?

NYCelt,

Correct.

$11,000 was the answer on the calendar page, although I did find some search results say between $10,000 and $11,000. When I get on my computer tomorrow, I'll try to provide a link or two.

Thanks for playing.

From 1999:

Celtics' Parquet To Be Lifted

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celtics-parquet-to-be-lifted/

The Boston Celtics said Monday they will replace the parquet floor they have used for 53 years with a new high-tech floor that will resemble and contain scraps from the old.

"We want people to walk into the FleetCenter and know that they're still seeing the Celtics," said Randy Randjelovic, a technical manager from Connor Sports Flooring Corporation, which is making the new floor.

The Celtics will retire the old floor on Dec. 22, giving it a ceremony usually reserved for retiring greats and championship banner-raisings. The new floor is expected to be in place for their first game of the new year, on Jan. 3 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Indiana Pacers coach and former Celtics star Larry Bird, who played half of his Hall of Fame career on the old parquet, said before Monday night's game against the Celtics that he wasn't sentimental about the surface.

"Now, if they replaced the rims, it would be a little bit different," he said.

The old floor, which cost $11,000, was a distinctive feature of the Boston Garden, where the Celtics played until they moved to the FleetCenter in 1996. The floor's uneven surface and dead spots were believed by some to give the home team an advantage, and legend had it that Celtics players would direct opponents to dead spots and then swipe the ball when it took a bad bounce.

Because of a wood shortage caused by World War II, the floor was made with short boards of red oak of varying lengths and widths with the grains still showing.

Even though the Celtics are spending about $200,000 on the new floor, they'll mimic those features in the new floor. It will also have the same dimensions in its 264 five-foot-square panels held in place by 988 bolts made famous in an episode of the television show "Cheers."

It will also have a leprechaun at center court.

"I'm happy to say there is a future both for the tradition of the parquet floor and for the floor itself," said John Wentzell, general manager of the FleetCenter.

The new floor will also have a shock-absorbing system that will take less of a toll on players as they run and jump. And it will, eventually, be easier to assemble, cutting the time it takes to prepare the building for basketball after the NHL's Bruins play.

Although it has never been completely replaced, the old floor isn't as old as many believe. The Celtics have it refurbished every few years, replacing the worn boards with new ones.

Still, some of the boards probably remain from the original floor. So the team will try to salvage what it can from the old panels and use them to replace the new ones when they are worn.

"Its effects are starting to show, Wentzell said. "The Band-Aids are starting to fail."

So if they spent $200,000 on the new floor in 1999, and we figure costs rising about 2.5% annually, along the lines of CPI average, that floor would cost almost $336,000 today. Over $370,000 if we use the 3% inflationary figure that takes most consumer goods into consideration.

So what cost $11,000 in 1946 is going to run you somewhere in the mid $300,000 range today.

And there, boys and girls, is today's lesson about inflation.

Considering all the rest of the expenses associated with the facility and the team, kind of explains the cost of a ticket in the good seats, doesn't it?

Good question today posed by Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

Who is the only Celtic to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?

bobc33 wrote:Good question today posed by Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

Who is the only Celtic to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?

KC Jones was a teammate of Russ and a coach when Bird played. I don't know if that qualifies.

Chris Ford's playing career almost spans the years between Russ and Bird, but he was a Piston early on.

I searched for the roster during Bird's first year and found the guy with the most years under his belt. Yes, he is the guy. He started and ended his playing career with the Celtics.

Because I searched, I ain't saying.

Good question, Bob.

gyso wrote:

bobc33 wrote:Good question today posed by Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

Who is the only Celtic to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?

KC Jones was a teammate of Russ and a coach when Bird played.  I don't know if that qualifies.

Chris Ford's playing career almost spans the years between Russ and Bird, but he was a Piston early on.

I searched for the roster during Bird's first year and found the guy with the most years under his belt.  Yes, he is the guy.  He started and ended his playing career with the Celtics.

Because I searched, I ain't saying.

Good question, Bob.  

Don Chaney, wasn’t he a rookie on the 69 team...???

bobc33 wrote:Good question today posed by Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

Who is the only Celtic to be a teammate of both Bill Russell and Larry Bird?

Years ago Beat and I would post trivia questions back and forth. I posted this very question and a number of members jumped right on it. I won't give the answer but I will say this: Guy Lewis and Elvin Hayes could count on him, and, "if it quacks like a duck..." !

Cowens, didn't see your post until after I posted.

Twice?

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bobc33 wrote:Twice?

Bobc33,

Correct.

Larry Bird had two 50-40-90 seasons.

1986-87 and 1987-88



Thanks for playing.

Sam Jones

Isaiah Thomas thought he was going to be known for his “bank” shot as in back up the Brinks truck.

Shame he didn’t cash in somewhere he gave his all for the Celtics.

willjr wrote:Sam Jones

willjr,

Correct.

The indirect namesake for our board was known for his bank shot.

Thanks for playing.