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Jaylen Marselles Brown (born October 24, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of college basketball for the California Golden Bears and was named first-team all-conference and Freshman of the Year in the Pac-12 Conference .
The Celtics are regarded as one of the most successful teams in NBA history and hold the records for most NBA championships won, with 18, and most recorded wins of any NBA franchise. [11] [12] The Celtics' rise to dominance began in the late 1950s, after the team, led by coach Red Auerbach , acquired Bill Russell in 1956, later becoming the ...
The Celtics' 18 NBA Championships are the most of any NBA franchise. Boston's first 13 championships were won as the Walter A. Brown Trophy (original trophy retired in 1976), and five recent championships were won as the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy (introduced in 1977 as the second incarnation of the Walter A. Brown Trophy, renamed in 1984).
The Celtics signed Jaylen Brown to the richest contract in NBA history — a five-year, $304 million deal — and with Jayson Tatum’s presumptive supermax ...
Bill Russell. William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. [3]
Wilt Chamberlain has the most seasons leading the league with 8. Michael Jordan holds the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, LeBron James is the highest career earner and Stephen Curry is the highest season earner and is also the largest multi-year contract holder in NBA history. During the 1946–47 season Joe Fulks was the highest paid ...
1946–1956: Building the dynasty. The 1956–57 team that won the first championship for the franchise. The Celtics were formed in 1946 as a team in the Basketball Association of America, and became part of the National Basketball Association after the merger of the BAA and the National Basketball League to form the NBA in the fall of 1949. [1]
Team. Alfred Joel Horford Reynoso (born June 3, 1986), nicknamed " Big Al ", is a Dominican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time NBA All-Star. Horford played college basketball for the Florida Gators and was the starting center on their back-to-back National ...