{"id":820165,"date":"2026-08-25T10:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/820165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:30:16","slug":"celtics-history-tony-dawson-damon-jones-born-javonte-green-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/820165\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics history: Tony Dawson, Damon Jones born; Javonte Green surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 25, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Today in Boston Celtics history, Tony Dawson was born in 1967 in Kinston, North Carolina. He happens to be the brother of fellow NBA player Jerry Stackhouse and played his collegiate basketball at Florida Gulf Coast Community College and then Florida State University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After not being picked up in the 1989 NBA Draft, Dawson played overseas for several ball clubs and also played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for a time, which was the equivalent of the G League during that era. He also had a brief tenure with the <a data-autotag=\"3167e433-c189-4ca5-b7ab-4c9e41dbb11b\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/sacramento-kings\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> before joining the Boston Celtics in 1995. Dawson played two games with Boston on a pair of 10-day deals before moving on to play overseas again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He averaged 4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in his very short time with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Birthdays<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It is the birthday of ex-Celtic guard Damon Jones. He was born in 1976 in Galveston, Texas. An unselected prospect in the 1997 NBA draft out of the University of Houston, Jones played in the CBA and other leagues before getting a shot with the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:473px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/77111054007-39-32602.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: Damon Jones #13 of the Boston Celtics guards Mitch Richmond #2 of the Washington Wizards runs with the ball during the game at the MCI Center on April 18, 1999 in Washington, D.C. The Celtics defested the Wizards 101-98. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and\/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Doug Pensinger\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jones converted that opportunity into a pair of 10-day deals and a rest-of-season contract with the Celtics, appearing in 13 games in which he averaged 5.8 points, 2.4 boards and 2.2 assists. He left the team for the Golden State Warriors in free agency that summer.<\/p>\n<p>Historic milestones<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Finally, it is also the anniversary of reserve wing Javonte Green&#8217;s arthroscopic surgery in 2020 on a small meniscal tear in his right knee, per a press release circulated by the team.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:456px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/87036785007-usatsi-13829921.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dec 22, 2019; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Celtics center Tacko Fall (99) and guard Javonte Green (43) pour water on forward Jayson Tatum (0) after defeating the Charlotte Hornets at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He did not play again that season, returning to action for the Celtics at the start of the 2020-21 season instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 25, 2026, 6:00 a.m. ET Today in Boston Celtics history, Tony Dawson was born in 1967 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3786],"tags":[72400,7,479,164,4025,4024,6,90394,72493,72494,72404,72934,73765,90320,72645,80171,72444,72422,72570,73257,72445,72414,72406,85389,72403,255],"class_list":["post-820165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golden-state-warriors","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-golden-state","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-goldenstate","tag-goldenstatewarriors","tag-nba","tag-sourceceltics-wire","tag-sstssportsnbaceltics","tag-sstsnceltics","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagflorida-state-university","tag-tagjavonte-green","tag-tagjerry-stackhouse","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagnorth-carolina","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsacramento-kings","tag-tagsports-news","tag-taguniversity-of-houston","tag-typestory","tag-warriors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}