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25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« on: September 04, 2009, 07:32:26 AM »

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This is #20 in a series of threads to determine the 25 greatest Celtics of All-Time.

It´s the off-season, and we need something to talk about besides nonsensical trade-rumors.

So I thought we could make a big poll to decide once and for all who are the greatest Celtics of all-time. I´m sure it has been done many times before, and I know that it´s tricky to rate our legends, but I think there´s no better place for this than Celticsblog, and I haven´t seen such a poll here before.


Players to consider:

Paul Silas
Danny Ainge
Don Chaney
Charlie Scott
Ray Allen
Nate Archibald
M.L. Carr
Bailey Howell
Satch Sanders
Don Nelson
Jim Loscutoff

Rules

1. Only former or current players are eligible.
No former coaches, GMs or owners. The Celtics´ history has just too many characters to include all of them.
You can´t vote for a player who has already won one of the earlier polls.

2. You can include off-the-court performances.
Although only former or current players are eligible, it is perfectly fine to include Tommy`s contributions as a coach and broadcaster, Danny Ainge`s work as a GM or Dave Cowens´ nap on a parkbench after celebrating with the fans in 1974 in your evaluation.

3. You have three votes
The first vote is worth 4 points, the second 2 points, and the third 1 point. This system is certainly more suited for a poll like this than a simple "one vote" poll.

Just write a post with your votes, and after the poll is closed, I will go through the thread and count every vote personally. I´ll close the poll in 2-4 days.


#1  Bill Russell
#2  Larry Bird
#3  John Havlicek
#4  Bob Cousy
#5  Kevin McHale
#6  Tommy Heinsohn
#7  Paul Pierce
#8  Dave Cowens
#9  Sam Jones
#10 Robert Parish
#11 Bill Sharman
#12 Dennis Johnson
#13 JoJo White
#14 Kevin Garnett
#15 Cedric Maxwell
#16 Reggie Lewis
#17 K.C. Jones
#18 Frank Ramsey

Winner of the last poll:




Charles Edward "Ed" Macauley

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Ed Macauley glided down the lanes of the NBA for easy layups and precise hook shots, frustrating many of the game's greatest big men. A phenomenal player under Hall of Fame coach Ed Hickey at St. Louis University, Macauley was everyone's All-America. "Easy Ed" started his ten-year NBA career with the St. Louis Bombers, played six seasons with the Boston Celtics, and in 1956, as a result of a trade that included the draft rights to Bill Russell, joined the St. Louis Hawks, winning a championship in 1958.

Macauley was named MVP of the first NBA All-Star Game (he played in the first seven), and was named to the NBA's All-NBA First Team three consecutive seasons. He was named to the All-NBA second team once, in 1953-54 — the same season he led the league in field goal percentage.  At age 32, Macauley became the youngest person ever enshrined into the Hall of Fame.

His number was retired by the Boston Celtics on October 16, 1963.

Macauley coached the St. Louis Hawks for the 1958-59 and 1959-60 seasons. He finished with an 89-48 record. In the 1960 playoffs the Hawks defeated the mighty Minneapolis Lakers, led by George Mikan, 4 games to 3. They then lost in the NBA Finals to the Boston Celtics, 4 games to 3.

Macauley coached the West squad to a victory over the favored East, coached by Celtics chief Red Auerbach, in the 1959 NBA All-Star Game.
After retiring from sports in 1960 he became a television sports announcer in St. Louis.
One of his favorite observations is, "When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win."
Source: Hoopedia/Hoophall

Final Outcome (points in parenthesis):
Total Votes: 17

Ed Macauley (30)
Satch Sanders (27)
Nate Archibald (21)
Danny Ainge (21)
Paul Silas (16)
Ray Allen (3)
Don Nelson (1)
In the summer of 2017, I predicted this team would not win a championship for the next 10 years.

3 down, 7 to go.

Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2009, 08:09:51 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2009, 08:28:30 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2009, 08:33:20 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2009, 08:58:31 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2009, 09:10:25 AM »

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I honestly don't feel qualified to vote anymore as I haven't seen or know enough about the remaining players game.

Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2009, 09:10:57 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2009, 09:57:01 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2009, 10:00:46 AM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2009, 10:32:47 AM »

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Danny was a starter on two championship teams, and was responsible for constructing title #17.  For "overall contributions", I think he's got to rank fairly highly.

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2009, 10:37:20 AM »

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And yea, agreed. Ray is far too high here.

Hell, i probably have him too high at third.
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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2009, 11:03:09 AM »

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          and because a member of the new big 3 have to be at least inside the top 25



barely and close making this 3 Toine.

some people tend to forget all that he bring here the dog years and that hes a champ and a very important piece of that championship heat team.
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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2009, 03:38:36 PM »

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Re: 25 Greatest Celtics of All-Time : #20
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2009, 03:50:30 PM »

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tp to casperian for keeping these babies coming

It will be sad when we reach 25.  We should just keep going until we've ranked every Celtic ever.

The  #457 Akim Abdul Azziz vs Brett Szabo debates would be well worth it.
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