The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA — the league that would become today’s NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the fourth of 10 people to wear the No. 41, Boston big man alum Stacey King. After ending his college career at Oklahoma, King was picked up with the sixth overall selection of the 1989 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Lawton, Oklahoma native would play parts of the first five seasons of his pro career with the Bulls. He also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat before he signed with Boston in 1997. His stay with the team would span just five games before he signed with the Dallas Mavericks.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, King wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.