Talk:Boston Celtics

Name Origin

Where did the Boston Celtics get their name from? I don't mean about the actual Celts or anything like that, but how did this basketball team get their name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.118.212 (talk) 03:27, 29 June 2005 (UTC)

My predecessor on this page, I imagine it's at least partly related to the Irish population in Boston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.164.16 (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

The name came from owner Walter Brown, apparently the name had roots in an original Celtics team in New York and was chosen due to the large Irish population in Boston. The name is pronounced the same as the Scottish football club. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.164.71.111 (talk) 03:19, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

The name came from a discussion between owner Walter Brown and Howie McHugh, the Bruins/Boston Garden publicist and the man in charge of the upstart new NBA team. McHugh of Irish descent, had just returned from a trip to Ireland and, well aware of the strong and passionate Irish heritage in the Boston area, suggested the name Celtics, which apparently had roots in an original Celtics team in New York in the 1920's. Brown immediately latched onto the name and the Celtics were born. Interestingly, over time some of the scribes of history have been transferring credit of Celtic name to Walter Brown likely due to his status as the owner of the team. The name is pronounced with a soft C, the same as the Scottish football club. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.116.192 (talk) 03:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Pronounciation

"While the team name is pronounced "Sell-ticks," the word "Celtic" is pronounced "Kell-tick" in Ireland."

Is there any specific explanation as to why it's normally pronounced wrong? I mean, a lot of people use the pronounciation, but it is still the only place "Celt" or "Celtic" is pronounced beginning with an S-sound. --Ifrit 21:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

This may sound silly, but I'm just wondering whether to pronounce their name "Seltics" or "Keltics"? Could that be put in the lead? Wrad 02:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see this is already addressed. But could it be in the lead? I'm also curious why it is pronounced different. Wrad 03:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

It's because northerners pronounce everything wrong, including their incorrect pronunciation of "Appalachian". —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 00:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Hate to break it to you, but we were here before you. So put a sock in it, pal. Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 01:10, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Sell-ticks was the New Yorker and British pronouncination, and they got their name from the New York Celtics, so they just went with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.252.1.43 (talk) 10:13, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

2012-13 Uniforms

So I found this written at the tail end of the uniforms section:

"Beginning in 2012-13 NBA season, the Celtics will be wore the retro jerseys of the 1980s, this style will be worm uniform for the new big three of the Celtics generally used the Hardwood Classics of this uniform for the home and away rules."

Could someone translate that to English, and depending on the truthfulness of it, substitute the translated version into the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.246.148.223 (talk) 16:23, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect team names

Template:Hmbox In the second and third paragraphs under the "2007–2012: The "Big Three" section, some of the team names cited are incorrect. In the second paragraph - "Cleveland Dogs" should be "Cleveland Cavaliers." "Detroit Alpacas" should be "Detroit Pistons." In the third paragraph - "Pokers" should be "Lakers." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.6.137 (talk) 18:17, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Repairing vandalism

I do not know how it went unnoticed for so long but some editor with three whole edits to their credit, all of them unhelpful, deleted two whole sections of this article. I have restored them, two properly-sourced sections that once more detail the years of the Celtics between 1946 and 1957.Reigndog (talk) 22:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I also fixed additional apparent vandalism again, later on in the article. I do not know who "Evan" was supposed to be but he was not the General Manager of the Celtics from the 1960's until the 1980's, Red Auerbach was.Reigndog (talk) 22:13, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Head Coaches ?

Looks like they're gone - or never been there...

• 1946-1948   John Russell (42-66) (1-2)
• 1948-1950   Alvin Julian (47-81) (0-0)
• 1950-1966   Red Auerbach (795-397) (90-58)
• 1966-1969   Bill Russell (162-83) (28-18)
• 1969-1978   Tom Heinsohn (427-263) (47-33)
• 1978-1978   Tom Sanders (23-39) (0-0)
• 1978-1979   Dave Cowens (27-41) (0-0)
• 1979-1983   Bill Fitch (242-86) (26-19)
• 1983-1988   K.C. Jones (308-102) (65-37)
• 1988-1990   Jim Rodgers (94-70) (2-6)
• 1990-1995   Chris Ford (222-188) (13-16)
• 1995-1997   M.L. Carr (48-116) (0-0)
• 1997-2001   Rick Pitino (102-146) (0-0)
• 2001-2004   Jim O'Brien (139-119) (13-13)
• 2004-2004   John Carroll (14-22) (0-4)
• 2004-2013   Doc Rivers (416-305) (59-47)
• 2013-Now   Brad Stevens (0-0) (0-0)

Dvd7587 (talk) 07:31, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Rebuilding

We need to try to turn that into a actual article at this point its just a jot notes it looks like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LectricJr (talk • contribs) 01:16, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

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Third Uniform

A few years back, the C's had a third uniform (gold with green lettering, I believe.) Haven't checked if they still use it, they used white and green forever before that, but I figured it'd be good to place at least in the second Big 3 era section. Wanted to get your take. South Nashua (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Potential Vandalism

The lead says the Celtics are owned by the Cleveland Cavaliers. That cant be true, and doesn't match the sidebar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.164.3.140 (talk) 15:56, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2020

I want to edit this page to help with the latest news and fact checks. JacksonOfBuckets (talk) 10:17, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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Not recently updated

Please Update this to its date. It is 2020 not 2010. Hoe are peolpe going to know if the celtics won the championship this year.
P.S they lost to the heat in the 5th game.

From, Pete Marr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmarr29 (talk • contribs) 22:45, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2021

Under franchise leader is points, the link for Eric Williams goes to the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Link should be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Williams_(basketball,_born_1972) 50.210.104.157 (talk) 12:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

File:Yes check.svg Done —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:14, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Update all-time records

the all time records shouldn't be updated at the end of the season they should be as up to date as possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvr9 (talk • contribs) 06:16, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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THE ALL TIME POINT LEADERS EDITING

the all-time leaders in points should be updated as often as possible and should not be confind to only be updated at the end of every season. i will remove the text in the editng area that says only update at the end of every season please do not add it back. if you disagree with this comment on this post with the reason it should be there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvr9 (talk • contribs) 07:09, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2022

The Boston Celtics have 22 conference championships, not 10. Please add the following years: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969. Litljok2 (talk) 18:35, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2024

change Vistaprint to Amica HarsitBaral (talk) 18:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 1 December 2024

Doc Rivers is no longer the most recent coach to win a championship. Joe Mazzulla is both the current and most recent championship winning coach. Brownsarahm (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

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