Yes he is one of the greatest celtics ever. I think Ray Allen's number should be retired too. All 3 of them and rondo and perk because it's a slap in the face to any of them. Jaylen changed his number to 7 because 9 should be gone too. People can find numbers. There are an unlimited number of numbers. It migth get bad trying to fit triple digits on jerseys though.
There are ways to do it. It's either just pierce or all 5. YOu retire kg you have to retire ray as well. You can't just do pierce and kg. That's un celtics like and not very team like. You do the big 3 you cant leave out rondo. you do rondo you cant leave out perk.
20, 34, 5, 43 and 9 will be retired.
Wow, I never thought about all those - tho I love them all, especially Perk and I do have a bad taste in my mouth about Rondo, Danny drove Ray Ray out.
You also gotta retire 44 as well, which should have been done a long time ago.
We are not out of numbers yet, there are still plenty of 20's, 40's & 50's to be worn and retired - tho I would like to see a ban on wearing numbers beyond the 50's. Wearing a 99 or a 91 or 85 just looks stupid for basketball. What are they, defensive tackles ?
In practical terms though, and based on greatness, contributions to the organization and their love of being a Celtic, # 34, 5 & 44 should go to the rafters - no question.
Back to Garnett - he single-handedly erased the Bias curse and his influence on the Celtics is still present to this day. Without him making us great again, would we be where we are today, our reputation as the greatest franchise finally restored and building towards another title era ??
Plus, Kevin Garnett LOVED being a Boston Celtic - he was a Celtic all along, just got here later than he should have.