Jan. 14, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET

Today in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame Boston big man Robert Parish scored the 22,000th point of his career in a contest he played in 1994. An alum of Centenary College in his home state of Louisiana, Parish was later picked up by the Golden State Warriors with the eighth overall selection of the 1976 NBA Draft and ended up joining the Celtics in a famously uneven trade in favor of Boston in 1980.

He played for Boston for 14 seasons, winning three of his four NBA titles with the Celtics while also being honored with a total of 9 All-Star bids, 2 All-NBA team selections, and a host of other honors.

The game in which he hit the 22,000-point plateau was a 21-point performance in a 102-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, Parish becoming (at that time) only the twelfth person in league history to reach that mark.

Boston Celtic great Robert Parish (L) raises the banner with his number "00" to the rafters as his mother (R) looks on, in Boston during ceremonies to retire Parish's number January 18. Parish played for Boston for fourteen seasons winning three NBA championships during that span. SPORT NBABirthdays

Today is also the birthday of Meyer “Mike” Bloom, born in 1915 in New York City, New York. Bloom played one season for the Celts in just their second season of 1947-48, back in their Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) days. The Temple alumnus averaged 9.2 points and 14 assists per game for the team. The New Yorker played three more seasons in the BAA — two for the Minneapolis Lakers (who later moved to Los Angeles), and one for the now-defunct Chicago Stags in the second-to-last season for the club.

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He shares his birthday with fellow Celtics alumnus Kenny Sailors, born this day in 1921 in Bushnell, Nebraska. Sailors played for the Celtics in the penultimate stop of his brief but busy NBA career, the guard playing 10 games in the 1950-51 season in which he averaged 1.8 points per game with the team.

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Finally, it was on this day in 1983 that the Cleveland Cavaliers dealt Scott Wedman to the Celtics for Darren Tillis and a first-round pick. He would play parts of 5 seasons with Boston, where he’d help the Celtics win titles in 1984 and 1986. Over 271 games played with Boston, the Colorado alum averaged 6.2 points, 2.1 rebounds, and an assist per game.