On this day, the Boston Celtics selected two players of note in the 1975 NBA Draft.
The first of the two was Jerome Anderson, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard out of the University of West Virginia taken with the 53rd overall pick.
The Mullens, West Virginia native would win a championship with the Celtics in his sole season with the team in 1975-76.
Anderson would record 2.8 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game over 5.7 minutes per game in his rookie season.
In October of 1976, he would be waived by the team only to be picked up by the Indiana Pacers, his final stop in the NBA.
Boston also drafted power forward Tom Boswell, a 6-foot-9 big man out of South Carolina with the 17th overall pick.
Boswell would also win a ring with the Celtics at the end of the 1975-76 season, and would play a total of three seasons with the team.
He averaged 5.9 points, 3.9 boards and 0.4 assists per game with Boston, after which he left the team in free agency to join the Denver Nuggets.
It is the birthday of former Celtic big man Raef LaFrentz, who was born in Hampton, Iowa in 1976. The Iowan came from the Dallas Mavericks to Boston in a deal with Chris Mills, Jiri Welsch and draft assets in exchange for Tony Delk and Antoine Walker.
LaFrentz would be with the Celtics for three seasons between 2003 and 2006, recording 9.2 points, 5.8 points and 1.3 assists per contest.
He would be dealt to the Portland Trail Blazers with Dan Dickau and Randy Foye for Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair and draft considerations.
