Sam Jones, one of the greatest athletes in the history of the Boston Celtics, “passed away” on Thursday night (30/12) at the age of 88. The late was a member of the Hall of Fame (class of 1984) and 10 times NBA champion with the “Celts” and together with Bill Russell (who has won 11 titles) were the players with the most conquests in the history of the League.
The Celtics will hold a minute of silence in his memory before Friday’s (31/12) game against the Phoenix Suns at the “TD Garden”, on the roof of which the No. 24 jersey worn by Jones has been hanging for years.
“You look at the league he won and everything he achieved with the Celtics and you understand that it’s a huge loss for our organization,” Boston coach Sam Jones told reporters a few hours before the game against Boston. Suns.
The former Celtics guard was selected at No. 8 in the 1957 draft, coming from the University of North Carolina. He was a key player in the unrepeatable Celtics team that won eight consecutive titles from 1959 to 1966, while reaching the top of the League with the Boston team and the two years 1968-1969.
In his 13-year career with the Celtics, he averaged 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 871 NBA games.
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