This is #23 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:
Antoine Walker
Danny Ainge
Don Chaney
Charlie Scott
Ray Allen
M.L. Carr
Bailey Howell
Don Nelson
Jim Loscutoff
Kendrick Perkins
Rajon Rondo
Rules1. 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 votesThe 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
#19 Ed Macauley
#20 Satch Sanders
#21 Tiny Archibald
Winner of the last poll:Paul Theron SilasPaul Silas is perhaps best remembered by professional basketball fans as one of the fearsome quintet that brought the National Basketball Association (NBA) championship back to Boston. As a forward, Silas was a powerful player who dominated opposing players in the rough-and-tumble zone under the net, and he is still ranked as one of the top rebounders in the history of the NBA.
The Suns traded their emerging star to the Boston Celtics in September of 1972. Following the end of the 1973-74 regular season, Silas found himself in the thick of a hotly contested NBA championship series against the New York Knicks, the team that had displaced the Celtics as the league's perennial powerhouse in the early 1970s. The Celtics brought the championship crown back to Boston, as Silas, in the words of The Modern Encyclopedia of Basketball, "outmuscled the Knicks forwards." In addition to his shooting and rebounding skills, Silas was also a talented defensive player. Silas was named to the NBA's All-Defensive first team in 1975, after making the second team in 1971, 1972, and 1973. He made the first team again in 1976, and helped to lead the Celtics to another league championship. Silas collected more than 10,000 points and 10,000 rebounds during his distinguished 16 year career.
Source: Hoopedia
Final Outcome (points in parenthesis):
Total Votes: 21
Paul Silas (60)
Danny Ainge (58 )
Don Nelson (13)
Don Chaney (5)
Antoine Walker (5)
Ray Allen (5)
Scott Wedman (1)