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Time to take out your angst on some poor, unsuspecting, under-performing slob of yesteryear. Nominate the worst Celtics ever and we'll put them to vote in a day or so. I'll even pick some of your explanations to add to the post - so feel free to get creative when you state your case.
And if we have enough fun with this, we might even have to stretch it out to a starting 5 lineup.
Have fun.
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Stephon Marbury
Marisa Ingemi - October 24, 2011
he was average as a celtic. a decent back up pg,
Piru P - October 24, 2011
I think...
Eric Fernstein from the early 80 Celtic teams was the worst Celtic ever.
With Greg Kite coming in a close 2nd.
fordescort - October 24, 2011
Fernsten
KJ33 - October 25, 2011
My error..
Thanks for the name spelling correction .
fordescort - October 25, 2011
Kite
I suggest a look back at the Finals where he played his ass off when no one else was available to play center. This “award” should go to someone who sucked and didn’t try or care, not someone who used his limited talents to the best of his abilities.
If Kite had been around in 2010 there might well be another banner in the rafters.
At least he would have landed 6 hard fouls on Pau.
spinetingler - October 25, 2011
No need to look back at the 87 finals...
as I saw every single minute of those finals games and the minutes Kite played.
I agree Kite played hard, gave it his best effort and played to the most of his abilities.
The problem is the best of his abilities was limited since he was a overall limited skilled player and and at least I think one of the worser Celtic players (talent wise – not effort wise) to wear a Celtic Uniform.
Just my 2 cents though.
fordescort - October 25, 2011
Kite
You know I don’t see Kite being that far from Perk.
2short - October 25, 2011
Mark Blount…no doubt in my mind.
thirstyboots18 - October 24, 2011
rec'd
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
rec button won't work..but Mark BLUNT ..the worst
Master Po - October 24, 2011
an intentionally omission of the "o" in Blount?
Are you attributing this to a stereotype?
I want answers!!! Argh!
KG's Knee - October 24, 2011
well I meant this in several ways actually
1.) He said his name was pronounced BLUNT at one point ..he was so supid however probably even he didn’t know the right way.
2.) BLUNT is another word for a “joint” and he always looked like he was stupid and high
3.) Webster defines BLUNT as a) : slow or deficient in feeling : insensitive b) : obtuse in understanding or discernment c): dull
D) : having an edge or point that is not sharp
NEED I SAY MORE?
Master Po - October 25, 2011
Agreed
I wondered how deep this would go before this poster boy for “’no guaranteed contracts” would show up. Good work, not long.
There have been other bad players but not having skill is one thing. Mark Blount and Celtic are an impossible connection for me.
Now in terms of highest wasted draft choice – Michael Smith or Gerald Green I guess
Wildblu1 - October 25, 2011
Nice mug-shot!
Title 18 - October 25, 2011
it was meant as a joke
probably should have been a little less subtle… my bad (the “ARGH” was in a Pirates voice)
Which leads me to wonder why there are pirate voices in my head
Oh well
KG's Knee - October 26, 2011
meant #2
KG's Knee - October 26, 2011
I was joking as well....LOL
Master Po - October 26, 2011
he was the anti-celtic
worst ever, no doubt at all -
mcpu40 - October 25, 2011
Rick Pitino
stb - October 24, 2011
What didn't he do to destroy the franchise?
Nearly did too.
eastie Rich - October 25, 2011
Mikki Moore
Zak B - October 24, 2011
+1
bostonceltics - October 24, 2011
Not once...but twice
EF37 - October 24, 2011
Hit the rec button then.
+1 means you recced it :p
Hit “Actions” and then “Rec”! It’ll turn green after 3 recs! ;)
Kiorrik - October 24, 2011
rec'd that
I’m a rec’ing machine
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
You better RECognize!
Seriously, this guys is wRECking the place!
Kiorrik - October 24, 2011
good one
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
I forgot we had him
Marisa Ingemi - October 24, 2011
You were in a good place there.
Kiorrik - October 24, 2011
+100
tmarine17 - October 25, 2011
Mark Blount x 2
Big_Dave31 - October 24, 2011
Greg Kite.
Was there anything he did well?
Steve_M - October 24, 2011
the stash
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
yes
I suggest a look back at the Finals where he played his ass off when no one else was available to play center. This “award” should go to someone who sucked and didn’t try or care, not someone who used his limited talents to the best of his abilities.
spinetingler - October 25, 2011
Vin Baker
BillWill - October 24, 2011
Theo Ratliff?
2 games, 44min, 5 points, 6 PF
markgent - October 24, 2011
Allah Abdulnaby
winbos - October 24, 2011
Who?!
Wow! Don’t even remember him!
34green - October 25, 2011
I remember him..
but care to forget him…lol
fordescort - October 25, 2011
I remember him
and was actually watching ESPN classic the other night and they were showing a game between the Celts and Hornets (Charlotte) from the second round of the playoffs in 1992. We had D. Brown, Sherman Douglas, Abdulnaby, Lewis and some other bum out there. It brought back bad memories of life after Bird….I think actually Bird was still on the team then, but he was out because of his back that year, and then he retired the next year. Awful team. Can’t believe they were in the playoffs.
tmarine17 - October 25, 2011
Michael Smith
has to be up there for at least one of the worst #1 draft picks. So would Joe Forte and Jerome Moiso.
JBcat - October 24, 2011
like the Forte pick
well, not the pick, you know what I mean
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
I hate Giddens... We pass Chalmers and Deandre Jordan(!)
Rogerio - October 24, 2011
Yeah, I was gonna say him but he played some good D.
markgent - October 24, 2011
DWAYNE SCHINTZIUS.
Horrible, with or without the face mask, with or without the mullet.
bagofbeef - October 24, 2011
Patrick O’Bryant and Gerald Green.
CoachBo - October 24, 2011
no way on gerald green
anyone that can do this is okay in my book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRkY4Fa17pA
mcpu40 - October 25, 2011
Brett Szabo
was pretty bad. So was Bruno Sundov.
That’s kind of rough on Shelden Williams getting the featured photo on this post, tho, ha! Although…come to think of it…has there been many Celtics who had a worse performance in a Finals game? That is not-ha, now that I think of it.
Berkcelt - October 24, 2011
Hey, watch it buddy
Brett Szabo - October 25, 2011
Sheldon Williams.
anybody?
arp.odyssey - October 24, 2011
yes, seconded
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
Got to be Sheldon
If he would have gave us some solid minutes in game 7 even without Perk who knows.
green20 - October 25, 2011
happy to hear categories too
worst draft pick
worst free agent signing
worst contract
Jeff Clark - October 24, 2011
Sebastian Telfair....a disgrace to humanity!
Title 18 - October 24, 2011
Glen Davis.
Sebastian Telfair honorable mention.
ben - October 24, 2011
Davis isn't the worst Celtic ever
Marisa Ingemi - October 24, 2011
Glen Davis?
Put down the haterade
KG's Knee - October 24, 2011
Rick Fox
an insult to the title of celtics captain, he escaped to the lakers and wore #17 to mock us not getting banner 17 before the lakers won one with him. Not to mention he continued to creates reasons to hate him after his retirement, such as his tv commentary and his appearance on dancing with the starrs (ugh!)
hpantazo - October 24, 2011
Can't stand Rick Fox
But if you’re strictly talking playing ability, then he wasn’t the worst ever.
34green - October 25, 2011
"Pretty Ricky" is so easy to hate!
Title 18 - October 25, 2011
you make it sound
like he wanted to leave for LA. he did not. he wanted to stay but the team wouldn’t tender him a contract.
There’s no reason he should get as much hatred as he does here. Brian Shaw on the other hand, that’s the guy who wanted off the C’s to be a Laker.
slamtheking - October 25, 2011
and the worst Celtics is
Ron Mercer. Just to mention one.
NicaraguanFan - October 24, 2011 via iPhone app
shelden williams and mikki moore. tie
Calvin Bohn - October 24, 2011
Paddy O’Blount is EASILY the worst Celtic free agent signing ever.
CoachBo - October 24, 2011
Acie Earl
libermaniac - October 25, 2011
Agreed
Cool Hand Luke 15 - October 25, 2011
Sydney Wicks and Curtis Rowe
Throw Jim Ard in there too.
QuinielaBox - October 25, 2011
I immediately thought of Wicks and Rowe
Just because of their W’s and L’s don’t show up on paychecks attitudes.
34green - October 25, 2011
Rowe and Wicks..................
As a Cs fan, can’t think of one without the other……….and them being the epitome of selfishness and anti-Celtic pride….they were Blount before Blount was probably even born…the rickety, heartless broken down useless bridge between the Cowen Cs and the Bird Cs
csfansince60s - October 25, 2011
Vin Baker by a mile
vinnie - October 25, 2011
Worst trade -- getting Rafe Lafrentz
vinnie - October 25, 2011
Easily...
I have always despised the Raef trade. I had a lot of love in my heart for Antoine, but for Danny to just dump him for one of the worst contracts in NBA history was dumbfounding…plus, everyone knew how bad his knees were.
Yes, I realize Raef led to Theo which led to Ray, but there were other other pumped up contracts we could have come up with to get Ray.
jambr380 - October 25, 2011
getting Vin Baker was worse IMO
Jeff Clark - October 25, 2011
Worst Draft Pick
Michael Smith
vinnie - October 25, 2011
Yep to Mike Smith
Great announcer, terrible player…could have drafted Shawn Kemp instead. To this day I still can only imagine how awesome the C’s would have been with the Reign Man playing alongside the Big 3.
Las Vegas Asian - October 25, 2011
Smith...
was no doubt one of the worser Celtics in history .
I still have visions of him taking his awkward perimeter shot and getting it blocked on numerous occasions.
Just imagine, Red on draft day said Smith reminded him of Larry Bird.
Boy was Red wrong…lol
fordescort - October 25, 2011
worst trade ever Joe Johnson for Tony Delk
worst celtic ever scott pollard
StarzNBarz - October 25, 2011
it was JJ
and change for Delk and Rodney Rodgers. It wasn’t a bad deal in terms of results that year.
In hindsight, they should have traded Kedrick Brown instead. (actually, I thought JJ looked good that year and KB looked horrid and I would have done the deal differently then). Also should have kept Rodgers around another year or two to make the deal a little more worth it.
slamtheking - October 25, 2011
I agree...
If you are going to trade away a promising rookie for solid veteran playoff leadership, then you should at least keep that veteran around a little while. It wasn’t like he was about to retire. Delk stuck around a little while, though and he was so horrible.
jambr380 - October 25, 2011
sorry...
I mean’t Delk WASN’T so horrible. He had a role on this team.
jambr380 - October 25, 2011
patrick obryant
Mooose - October 25, 2011
He's definitely up there
Roy_Hobbs - October 25, 2011
Ricky Davis
Ricky Davis. I hated watching him play. He was a superstar wannabe with nowhere near the game to match. Never took a charge and didn’t want it enough to get to the line. I hated how he would dribble the ball backwards all the way to the center line so he could “direct” players, accomplishing little but looking like a douche and slowing things down.
Before he arrived in 2004, the Celtics were playing some of the most entertaining basketball they had in forever. They went up and down the floor, setting up quickly on offense. They had reeled off 5 straight wins before the trade against some good competition too. After acquiring the “offensively gifted” Davis, they went back to sludge ball and couldn’t score for their life.
Galeto - October 25, 2011
Dan Dickou
On December 17, 2005, as a member of the Celtics, his season was ended by a ruptured Achilles tendon sustained while playing the Chicago Bulls. At the time, he was averaging 3.3 points per game and 2.1 assists per game. On June 28, 2006, the Boston Celtics traded Dickau, center Raef LaFrentz and the 7th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft to the Trail Blazers for center Theo Ratliff and guard Sebastian Telfair. Dickau was then sent to the Knicks along with Randolph only to be waived when the Knicks acquired Jared Jordan. Two days later, Dickau signed with the Clippers.12
On October 1, 2008, Dickau signed with the Golden State Warriors. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed per team policy.3 He played in two preseason games. Against the Portland Trail Blazers on October 8, Dickau played 21 minutes and scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds.4 On October 19, 2008, Dickau was waived by the Warriors. On September 23, 2009, Dickau accepted an invitation to the Phoenix Suns training camp.5 He was waived by the Suns on October 21.6 With the Suns, Dickau played in five preseason games.7
Seph - October 25, 2011
Don’t you mean An Ickou? He had no D
FatKidsDad - October 25, 2011
OMG LOL
Seph - October 25, 2011
BLOUNT...simply worst!
jaimsitecom - October 25, 2011
seriously Mark Blount???
He was first signed by the Boston Celtics as a free agent on August 1, 2000 and led the team with 76 blocks that season, the most by a Celtics rookie since Kevin McHale in 1980–81.
During the 2003–04 NBA season, Blount emerged as a dependable center, putting up 10.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 1.29 blocks per game in 29.3 minutes per game. He had a 28-point, 21-rebound game vs. the Orlando Magic on March 1, 2004. dude was close to be a double double guy….. there are probably 100 guys worse than him from the Cs at least 20 in the past 10 years, most of them at the same position.
Seph - October 25, 2011
Nate's shot selection
…wordaapp?
GeeZee - October 25, 2011
Gugliotta for a season…post HGH and performance enhancers.
DJlives - October 25, 2011
Stojko Vrancovic
Sweet god what a sled! Remember the vaunted 55 inch vert he was supposed to possess??
Dickretro - October 25, 2011
Dickretro???? wow......my old friend...how in the hell are you?
Master Po - October 25, 2011
PO!
Ahhh my old friend! All is well and I hope the same is going on for you. Are you still in the chat on game nights?? I have to start wetting my beak again if this season ever starts…
Dickretro - October 25, 2011
IF ....is the middle two letters of Life old man !
Master Po - October 25, 2011
I actually like Stojko...
I think head coach Chris Ford and the C’s never gave him a real shot to prove himself.
I actually followed his game when he played in Europe and he was considered a pretty decent European player thus the reason he made the Croatian national team so often.
Though he lacked offensive skills, he was a athletic big, had length, decent rebounding skills and was a great shot blocker.
I actually think he could of been one of the top 3 shot blockers in Celtic history if given the chance, since he was so good at it as he showed in his short stints with the C’s.
I think if he had been given some more court time with the Celtics he could of developed into a serviceable big man.
One interesting rumor with Stojko was he was playing with 1 eye (the other was alleged to be blind due to injury).
If this was true Stojko deserves some credit for playing as well as he did (at least in Europe) with such a handicap.
fordescort - October 25, 2011
Mark Blount
….because he played pretty well until he got paid and then he stopped playing hard.
CelticsFanNC - October 25, 2011
Mikki Moore
Dmitriy Lyashko - October 25, 2011
how 'bout... "Never Nervous"...
Pervis Ellison ! (teamates with another bust… Eric Montross!)
evrock - October 25, 2011
YESS
Can’t believe this thread went like 70 posts deep before Pervis got a mention!
Honestly, even though a lot of us love the guy (myself included) the worst is probably Brian Scalabrine
MikeMartin - October 25, 2011
Kedrick Brown
speaking of busts….
evrock - October 25, 2011
i was te say marty conlon, but he was not as atrociuous as i thought he was.
belgian c fan - October 25, 2011
Mark Blount
Vin Baker
Sebastan Telfair
johnnymost - October 25, 2011
If win shares are your thing...
Your worst career Celtic is: John Mahnken, 1950-53. In 199 games, he averaged 3.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and shot 31.7% from the floor in 10 minutes per game. That was all good for -1.1 win shares.
Recent selections include Avery Bradley, Bruno Sundov, Jerome Moiso, and Stephon Marbury.
Link
If you prefer PER, Wayne Kreklow (1981) is the worst among guys playing 20+ games, putting up a sparkling -1.9 PER. (Across 25 games, he averaged 1.2 points, 0.5 rebounds, 0.4 assists, and 23.4% shooting in 4 minutes per game.)
Roy_Hobbs - October 25, 2011
Based upon draft position, production, opportunity, etc.
I’m going with Jerome Moiso. It would be hard to be much worse.
Roy_Hobbs - October 25, 2011
Sweet stats crunching, Roy
rec that previous post
GeeZee - October 25, 2011
Acie Earl
KJ33 - October 25, 2011
Robey
I used to hate every time Rick Robey was coming into a game. I was a kid but I can remember cringing at his presence. He may not have been statistically the worst player ever but for one person to make me hate watching a team I loved so much he must have been bad. He was an oaf, a blob, a big slow doughboy!
33-00-32 - October 25, 2011
One good thing Robey did ..
was it allowed Red to make one of the greatest trades in NBA history when he traded Robey straight up for Dennis Johnson who immensely helped the C’s win 2 titles.
fordescort - October 25, 2011
the other good thing he did
was set a monster pick on Andrew Toney in a Sixers/C’s game that had Toney crash into him at high speed and bounce back a good 6-7 feet while Robey never moved and just stood there staring down as his sorry ass.
One of my favorite memories from the early 80’s
slamtheking - October 25, 2011
I...
do not vividly recall that pick incident but …Robey no doubt did have a role on the team of being a physical player and banger off the bench.
I loved the tandem of him and Mchale coming off the bench as they were 2 big dudes who utilized there size well (especially Robey).
I loved it when Johnny Most use to call the 2 of them thumper and bumper….lol
My favorite Rick Robey memory was (it was either in 82 or 83) when he outplayed Kareem when the Lakers visited the Garden duirng a regular season game.
I can not recall if Parish was injured, out with foul trouble, but Robey had to fill in at center for some reason and he did a great job not only muscling Jabbar on the defensive end of thew court and throwing Jabbar off his offensive game, but Robey himself played a great offensive game himself.
fordescort - October 26, 2011
Eric Montross
yeah the big dope from UNC was suppose to be a beast. He ended up being a tic. A money sucking franchise tick. Although Ron Mercer is probably right there as well.
18-1 damn - October 25, 2011
I agree
Absolutely awful!
tmarine17 - October 25, 2011
SHELDEN
Wintersun - October 25, 2011
Vin Baker
Wasn’t the worst on the court- but the effect of his contract and personal problems killed the team.
Kelvin Upshaw - October 25, 2011
hard yo be objective
1.blount
2,baker
3. montross
tommyfan - October 25, 2011
MARK BLOUNT
Like TB not a single shadow of a doubt.
His hands were simply like a 2 year old in a 7 foot body.
I base my desition on how much BAD playing time and
what player hurt my team the must
Scal you were close. Like you Gerald Green
Edgar - October 25, 2011
Worst Celtic ever
AJ Wynder
KWAPT - October 25, 2011
Most Hated: Blount
Most wasted talent: Baker
Most talentless: Moiso, Fernsten, Michael Smith and the one I can’t believe hasn’t made the list yet—-the ever popular former first round pick: Darren Tillis!
slamtheking - October 25, 2011
SHELDEN WILLIAMS???????????
I have to admit Im a bit angry that Sheldon was on your cover photo of this, the guy stepped in HUGE when big baby went down and there was talk at the time that he should see more minutes than baby…baby comes back plays mediocre and sheldon loses his time and becomes a goat because of one stupid play in the finals? and the play didnt even cost them the title lets be honest…..this is coming from the same group of people im sure that saw Scal as a demi-god….sickening
Nick Sannicandro - October 25, 2011
worst ever
telfair
apmojoint34 - October 25, 2011
we have a winner
wicks and rowe the penultimate anti-celtics.
Al Woodal - October 25, 2011
Rick Pitino.
Now I’ll read the thread to see how many agree. What an absolute bum.
eastie Rich - October 25, 2011
worst ever starting team
So I’m going to go for starting five worst ever taking into account non celtic traits:
pg dan dickau
sg jr giddens
sf michael smith
pf wicks
c dwayne schitnus
gm rick pitino
coach ml carr
fill out the rest of team with vin baker, good player who drank his career away, rick davis the ultimate jerk, mark blount signs a contract and turns into a mushroom, gerald green
2short - October 25, 2011
Now that's a team that could go 0-82.
Man that’s horrible.
eastie Rich - October 25, 2011
oops let me add into bench
rick barry’s kid who wouldn’t play for us, ended up with the bucks
2short - October 25, 2011
Hmm...
C: Mark Blount
PF: Mikki Moore
SF: Kedrick Brown
SG: Joe Forte
PG: Stephon Marbury
I’ll give you Pitino and Carr, though.
Roy_Hobbs - October 25, 2011
Why is Chris Wallace escaping criticism?
Wallace drafted Forte and K. Brown.
Wallace brought in M. Moore for his first Celtic stint, and Vin Baker.
Title 18 - October 25, 2011
Clarence Glover
Doesn’t anyone remember Clarence Glover out of Western Kentucky? He’s another one of those guys who had zero b-ball skills.
frank gibbons - October 25, 2011
I remember him....
Along with Steve Downing, Garfield Smith, etc.
Title 18 - October 25, 2011
worst celtic
Mel Counts – why? because Red picked him ahead of Willis Reed.
dcrane - October 26, 2011
Len Bias?
……too soon?
humee? - October 27, 2011
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