Boston Celtics 2020 Daily Sports Calendar

Bonus Trivia Question:

The 1969 Finals between the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers was the first time the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award was presented, with the Lakers' Jerry West being the first recipient - the one and only time the NBA Finals MVP Award has gone to a member of the losing team.

On February 14, 2009, during the 2009 NBA All-Star Weekend in Phoenix, then-NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the award would be renamed the "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" in honor of 11-time NBA champion Bill Russell.

Fun fact: The award that was named after Boston Celtics great Bill Russell was never won by him, being that 1968-1969 was Bill Russell's last season as a player.

There have been 5 players for the Boston Celtics that have won the award as members of the Celtics.  (Bill Walton and Dennis Johnson won it before they played for the Celtics, so they don't count.  Chauncey Billups won it after he left the Celtics, so he doesn't count either.)

Name the 5 players for the Boston Celtics that have won the award as members of the Celtics.

Max-81, Bird-84&86, JoJo-76,  Hondo-74,
Pierce-08.

I think he is right

The thing about Jerry West is that he, to this day, hates the Boston Celtics because he was never able to win a title as they were always in his way.  I read recently that he still does not come to Boston. Kinda nuts, don’t you think? And he was my Moms favorite player, killed me.
She rooted for Saatch Sanders all the time, but told me over and over how much she loved to watch West shoot.

I can still see those balloons in the celling waiting for the USC band to play HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN, and Russell said that would never happen. He made sure of that

willjr wrote:Max-81, Bird-84&86, JoJo-76,  Hondo-74,
Pierce-08.

willjr,

Correct.

Imagine how many more Celtics players would have won this award if the NBA had started presenting it 10 or more years earlier.

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The Big Ticket

willjr wrote:The Big Ticket

willjr,

Correct.

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TD BANK NORTH GARDEN

TD BANK NORTH GARDEN

RosalieTCeltics wrote:TD BANK NORTH GARDEN

Rosalie,

Close enough. That name (with Banknorth) is an older name. It is now called just TD Garden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_Garden

TD Garden, often called The Garden, is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after its sponsor, TD Bank, a subsidiary of Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank. It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been known as FleetCenter, and TD Banknorth Garden.[6] The arena is located directly above the MBTA's North Station. It is the biggest sports and entertainment arena in New England, as nearly 3.5 million people visit the arena each year.[7]

Here's more from the same web page:

Naming
During the construction phase, the naming rights to the "New Garden" were sold to Boston-based Shawmut Bank, and the arena was originally slated to open as the Shawmut Center. However, just as the arena was being completed, the name of the "New Garden's" sponsor, Shawmut, disappeared upon the bank's merger with Fleet Financial Group. Shortly before the new arena opened, every seat, which had been stamped with the Shawmut logo, had to be replaced. Also, the entire color scheme for the interior had to be adjusted from Shawmut's blue-and-white to Fleet's green-and-gold. The arena opened on September 30, 1995.

The name of the arena was expected to change as a result of the April 1, 2004 merger of FleetBoston Financial with Bank of America. On January 5, 2005, Delaware North announced an agreement under which the bank made a payment to be released from the remaining six years on the naming rights agreement. The agreement left Delaware North free to sell the naming rights to another sponsor. On March 3, 2005, Maine-based TD Banknorth, a U.S. subsidiary of Toronto-Dominion Bank, announced its purchase of the naming rights for $6 million per year.[17] The first major event after the announcement was the 2005 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

The company named the facility "TD Banknorth Garden" in honor of the original Boston Garden. The name officially became the TD Banknorth Garden on July 1, 2005. Prior to that date, it went under the name "YourGarden".

In early 2005, while still searching for a long-term corporate sponsor, the FleetCenter conducted auctions on eBay to sell one-day naming rights.[18] From February 10 to March 13, the FleetCenter sold the naming rights 30 different times on eBay. The net proceeds of $150,633.22 generated during the auction was donated to charities in the Greater Boston area. The FleetCenter also made private arrangements with a few companies for one-day naming rights, and offered one day's rights in an employee raffle.

During the name auction, only twice were names reported to be rejected. Kerry Konrad, a New York City lawyer and Yankees fan, won naming rights for March 1 with a bid of $2300. He proposed the name "Derek Jeter Center", after the New York Yankees shortstop, a stab at fellow Harvard College alumnus and Boston Red Sox fan Jerry Rappaport, Jr., with whom he had a 25-year-old rivalry. Being in the heart of Red Sox Nation, the name did not sit well with the executives and was rejected. An agreement was reached in which Rappaport added $6300 for a total bid of $8600, representing the 86 years of the Curse of the Bambino, and named the arena "New Boston Garden, Home of The Jimmy Fund Champions". Fark.com founder Drew Curtis held a contest on his website to name the arena after he bought single-day rights. A user vote resulted in the "Fark.com UFIA Center" coming on top, but the name was rejected due to its inappropriate meaning. The name eventually selected by Curtis and company was "Boston Garden".

Including its present name, the TD Garden has had 33 different names.

Celtics players dubbed it "The Jungle" during the team's 2002 playoff run.

In April 2008, TD Banknorth became TD Bank, after a merger with Commerce Bancorp, a New Jersey–based bank. Owner Delaware North Companies announced on April 15, 2009, that the building would be renamed TD Garden in July 2009.[19][20]


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Bonus Trivia Question:

The Boston Celtics have retired 22 numbers, the most of any professional sports franchise in North America. The Celtics will be retiring number 5 for Kevin Garnett during the 2020–21 season.

Can you list 15 of the retired numbers, along with the associated name that goes with each number?

00. The Chief
1- Brown
2. Red
3. DJ
6. Russ
10. JoJo
14. Cousy
15. Tommy H.
16. Satch
17. Hondo
**18. Cowens
19. Nellie
21. Sharman
24. Sam Jones
25. KC Jones
31. Max
32. McHale
33. Bird
34. Pierce
35. Reggie
** “Loscy”
Drawing a blank on one Celtic great, who am I missing guys?

willjr wrote:00. The Chief
1- Brown
2. Red
3. DJ
6. Russ
10. JoJo
14. Cousy
15. Tommy H.
16. Satch
17. Hondo
**18. Cowens
19. Nellie
21. Sharman
24. Sam Jones
25. KC Jones
31. Max
32. McHale
33. Bird
34. Pierce
35. Reggie
** “Loscy”
Drawing a blank on one Celtic great, who am I missing guys?

willjr,

Correct, you exceeded expectations by going over the required 15.

They retired 22 actual numbers. Loscy had his name "retired" and Johnny Most had his microphone retired.

Here's the two you missed. To be honest, you did far better than I would have done.

22. "Easy" Ed Mac
23. Frank Ramsey

Here's the lot of them:



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Remember Frank, as he is considered the original “6th man”. Would never have gotten “Easy Ed”, as I had memorized the numbers of the dynasty years and from the 70’s on when I became a fan, not considering that the trade of Ed is the start of the dynasty.

Frank Ramsey was a true gentleman, and glorified the "6th" man position. He was smooth as smooth can be.

Gyso...........thanks for the write up of the names of the Garden. I am surprised, other than the money he must have made, that Jeremy Jacobs did not name the building after himself. But considering the money he made over and over, I can see why.  I truly wish the Celtics had their own arena, so that they would not play second fiddle to the Bruins all the time. Even on the radio they are bounced by the Bruins when they are playing on the same night.

Oh well, too much money for another stadium to fill for 365 days a year and make money. With all that is going on, how long will it be before people are truly comfortable sitting in the Garden again, side by side with people they do not know.  This is going to be the true test for America in general

21

willjr wrote:21

willjr,

Correct.

From Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Conference_Finals

The Boston Celtics have won 21 Eastern Conference titles, the second most of any team. The Celtics also hold the record for consecutive titles; they won 10 consecutive Eastern Division titles from 1957–66.

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17 titles + 4 finals losses=21