no 37?

[stoyko]

Wishing my brother a happy 37th birthday, I discovered that there have been no Celtics with that number according to Basketball reference! http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/numbers.html

I wonder why that is. Thoughts?

[kozlodoev]

Numbers where the first or the second digit are larger than 5 are less common in the league. I think it's a holdover from the fact that they are harder to signal to the  scorer's table (need both hands for at least one of the number).

[hwangjini_1]

Numbers where the first or the second digit are larger than 5 are less common in the league. I think it's a holdover from the fact that they are harder to signal to the  scorer's table (need both hands for at least one of the number).

i think you are correct on past practice, but one look at the jersey number list shows dozens upon dozens of players did not shrink from wearing the numbers 6, 7, 8, or 9.

the question is an interesting one. maybe it is just a quirk of circumstances that 37 has never been chosen by anyone in celtic history. aside from that wild guess i have no idea.