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Jayson Christopher Tatum (/ ˈ t eɪ t ə m / TAY-təm; born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a McDonald's All-American in high school in Missouri and played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils .
Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics dribbles against the Toronto Raptors during the second quarter at TD Garden on November 11, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Bill Russell was a dominant center in the NBA in the 1960s. Russell played 13 championships with the Boston Celtics and won 11 titles. He was the first Black coach of an NBA team and the second ...
Derrick Richard White (born July 2, 1994) [1] is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Buffalo," [2] White played three years of college basketball in Division II for the Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions before transferring to Division I's Colorado Buffaloes for his final year.
Player with the Boston Celtics (1960–73); 8 NBA championships (1961–66, 1968, 1969); later coach of the Celtics and Harvard University; key developer of the NBA's Rookie Transition Program and founder of many of the league's player programs; John Bunn Award (2007) [68] 2011: Tex Winter
According to the November 18, 1950 issue of the Afro-American newspaper, he was the first Black "basketer" [sic] to be named an All-American college athlete. In 1950, Cooper and two others-- Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton and Earl Lloyd --became the first African-American players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [ 1 ]
On May 24, 1950, Clifton became the second African-American player to sign an NBA contract. [ a ] He played his first game for the New York Knicks on November 4, four days after the debut of Washington Capitols player Earl Lloyd , the first black player to appear in an NBA game. [ 9 ]
"The Boston Three Party" (Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, a.k.a. "The Big Three") [230] Chicago Bulls "The Greatest Team of All Time" (Finished the 1995–1996 NBA Season with 72 wins and 10 losses) 1995–96 Chicago Bulls season (Scottie Pippen, Ron Harper, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley, Michael Jordan) Dallas Mavericks