If there was ever a team that hung its hat on the defensive end of the court while winning at an elite, even historic rate, it has been the Boston Celtics since their inception in the Basketball Association of America as one of the founding members of the league that would become today’s NBA seven decades past.
But how many of its players have been honored among the league’s greatest defenders on a year-to-year basis with the NBA’s All-Defensive Team honors? The award didn’t get rolled out to recognize the best defenders in the Association until the tail end of the Celtics golden era of title dominance in the 1960s, and yet they still figure among the best-represented franchises for this honor over the years.
How many Celtics won First or Second Team honors? What were their names, and which seasons did they do it in? Scroll down and find out just how well you know your favorite team’s history — recent or otherwise.
See if you can guess the number, their names, and seasons. https://t.co/Y5c4oAwUwZ
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) May 20, 2021
