Talk:Boston Celtics

Name Origin

Where did the Boston Celtics get their name from? I don't mean about the actual Celts or anything like that, but how did this basketball team get their name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.118.212 (talk) 03:27, 29 June 2005 (UTC)

My predecessor on this page, I imagine it's at least partly related to the Irish population in Boston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.164.16 (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

The name came from owner Walter Brown, apparently the name had roots in an original Celtics team in New York and was chosen due to the large Irish population in Boston. The name is pronounced the same as the Scottish football club. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.164.71.111 (talk) 03:19, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

The name came from a discussion between owner Walter Brown and Howie McHugh, the Bruins/Boston Garden publicist and the man in charge of the upstart new NBA team. McHugh of Irish descent, had just returned from a trip to Ireland and, well aware of the strong and passionate Irish heritage in the Boston area, suggested the name Celtics, which apparently had roots in an original Celtics team in New York in the 1920's. Brown immediately latched onto the name and the Celtics were born. Interestingly, over time some of the scribes of history have been transferring credit of Celtic name to Walter Brown likely due to his status as the owner of the team. The name is pronounced with a soft C, the same as the Scottish football club. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.88.116.192 (talk) 03:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Pronunciation

How is their name pronounced? Irish people and Welsh people tend to produce the adjective as /kɛltɪk/, because they perceive that the word isn't a Latin word, and thus shouldn't be subject to the /k/ -> /s/ mapping of the Romance languages. While the Scottish football club was named in a moment of Victorian Romance-Latin-worship, and is called /sɛltɪk/. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.164.16 (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Celtic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.47.49.162 (talk) 13:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, so the Irish, Welsh, and Scottish have there ways of saying things, but in American English we say "celtic" with an initial /k/ sound in every instance I can think of, except this sports team. Anyone know the historical reason that the team name is an anomaly for American English? Even without evidence of the history, shouldn't the anomalous nature of the pronunciation be mentioned in the article? —Quantling (talk | contribs) 14:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC).

Walter McCarty

would anyone oppose putting Walter McCarty on the not to be forgotten section? Just because he was such a big fan favorite, i think it would be proper to include him there. any comments on this would be welcome.--Alhutch 19:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

McCarty added.--Alhutch 00:22, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Recent Drafts/Young Talent

I agree that Ainge has drafted well recently, but do you really think that Marcus Banks, who has been relegated to third-string PG, is a good example of a "successful draft pick?"

On a side note, I think the "Franchise History" section is a bit long, and could be divided into a few sections. Any suggestions? 138.16.27.168 02:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

not to be forgotten

it's not really necessary to have people in both the basketball hall of fame section and the not to be forgotten section, is it? if they're in the hall of fame, they're probably not gonna be forgotten.--Alhutch 15:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

removed.--Alhutch 15:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

1997 Draft

I think more should be made of not winning the Tim Duncan sweepstakes 1997 Draft. That, along with Len Bias and Reggie Lewis' untimely deaths has been a major reason why the Celtics have been horrible in the Post-Bird era. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.94.85.224 (talk) 02:49, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree Theroux721 02:56, 14 January 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theroux721 (talk • contribs)

Dance Team/Auerbach controversy

Does anybody want to start a little paragraph about how the team will have a dance team for 06-07 and how Red was staunchly opposed to that and is still very involved in preserving traditional elements of the franchise? I know that I've heard quotes like "they'll have a dance team over my dead body!" being attributed to Red. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riphamilton (talk • contribs) 04:13, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

colons

is it absolutely necessary to have colons on the basketball hall of famers and not to be forgotten sections? they don't look very good. i'd like to remove them if no one objects.--Alhutch 22:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

not to be forgotten, again

Why do we have guys like John Bagley, Ed Pickney and Marcus Banks there? What is there not to forget? They didn't contribute on the court and were not fan favorites. Wouldn't it make more sense to have guys like Jerry Sichting, Scott Wedman who were an essential part of a championship team there? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theorb (talk • contribs) 06:25, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Certain players are mere footnotes in Celtics history. As such, I'm going to remove some obvious non-notable players and invite some more discussion as to what to do with some of the fringe players hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 14:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

2006 NBA Draft

I merged the relevant information (the Telfair trade) into the 2003-present section of the article. The minor trades and picks are non-notable to the Boston Celtics article. Less than 70% of second round draft picks in 2005 played a single minute for an NBA team during the '05-'06 season. The article is long as it is and the draft section is simply not relevant to an article that attempts to give an accurate overview of the organization, its members, and its history. hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 04:27, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Celtics Mystique

I think a section on "Celtics mystique," tradition, etc., should be added. I'm a die-hard Celtics fan, so if people think this is a good idea, I could help contribute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.173.8.48 (talk) 01:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Championship templates

Hi, maybe you noticed I created templates for all your rings in the last 2 weeks.

I listed people who played at least 1 minute in the playoffs, see basketball-reference.com entry on the Celtics. If you want to add extra features or improve something else, go ahead. (And YES, it became boring after a while. Damn you Bill Russell :P ;) —Onomatopoeia 16:10, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Needs inline citations

Could be a GA then see WP:Cite and Bill Russell and Wayne Gretzky for examples. Quadzilla99 22:02, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Rebuilding a contender (2001-present)

Does anyone actually think this is an appropriate header? Pretty presumptuous and optimistic, no? Every single word with the exception of "a" is very debatable...how long has this rebuilding process been going on? One could argue that they've been rebuilding for almost a decade...or for only two seasons. One could argue that they're not rebuilding, but floating around in a non-competitive malaise. I think you can only call it "rebuilding" if there is progress - either in terms of results (more wins) or following a rebuilding plan (get rid of high salaries and draft/trade for youth; drop the headcases; focus on offense versus defense; pick a new star to build around, etc...there are a lot of ways to do it). Perhaps for this past season or two it could be said that they are following some sort of plan (dubiously derailed by injuries), but I can't see it prior to that. How about calling it "The Doc Rivers Era," or "The Wyc Grousbeck Era" or something like that. I would prefer the former, since they are inexplicably extending Doc's contract for another year. Daedulus 18:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)Daedulus

I subdivided this into the O'Brien years and the Ainge years, since they're as different from each other as night and day. Djcastel 17:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Pronounciation

"While the team name is pronounced "Sell-ticks," the word "Celtic" is pronounced "Kell-tick" in Ireland."

Is there any specific explanation as to why it's normally pronounced wrong? I mean, a lot of people use the pronounciation, but it is still the only place "Celt" or "Celtic" is pronounced beginning with an S-sound. --Ifrit 21:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

This may sound silly, but I'm just wondering whether to pronounce their name "Seltics" or "Keltics"? Could that be put in the lead? Wrad 02:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I see this is already addressed. But could it be in the lead? I'm also curious why it is pronounced different. Wrad 03:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

It's because northerners pronounce everything wrong, including their incorrect pronunciation of "Appalachian". —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 00:58, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Hate to break it to you, but we were here before you. So put a sock in it, pal. Tharthandorf Aquanashi (talk) 01:10, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Sell-ticks was the New Yorker and British pronouncination, and they got their name from the New York Celtics, so they just went with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.252.1.43 (talk) 10:13, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Telfair

Until he is traded or waived, Telfair remains on the roster and should not be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.199.212 (talk) 04:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Paul Pierce

I have no idea how you guys missed this but Paul Pierce's college was Kansas. I'd fix it myself but I'm not established enough to add it in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wildthing2022000 (talk • contribs) 12:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

In the Pitino Years section, I question the validity of this sentence.

Pierce would go on to become the best player ever to grace an NBA court with his presence.

Yasgur 15:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I also think this sentence is partisan. Cowboyx 15:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

I would probably consider that sentence valid after the 2008 NBA Finals, but I don't meet the requirements to have my opinions count, I agree that sentence should be removed. I5kfun (talk) 04:40, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Backup positions

It has been reported by Doc Rivers that Tony Allen is going to play the backup point guard position this year, but somebody changed the depth chart and placed Tony at SG again. In any case, Brian Scalabrine is still ahead of Leon Powe in the depth chart, but that can change during the season, or even pre-season. But right now, Powe is the 3rd string PF, House the 2nd string SG and Tony Allen the 2nd string PG. And that should be kept the same way in the Celtics article until the playing time of the players in the next games suggests otherwise. (8-Hype 12:17, 8 October 2007 (UTC))

We may have to swap Tony Allen and Eddie House on the Current Depth Chart. It seems that House is getting more playing time (thus "bench") than Tony Allen ("reserve"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.82.171 (talk) 05:08, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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Boston Celtics on All-Defensive Teams

Is it just my computer giving me trouble or are there no Celtics under "NBA All-Defensive Teams" in "Individual Awards"? There were many Celtics on the All-Defensive Teams, as shown here: http://www.nba.com/history/awards_defensiveteams.html Adarsharon 18:26, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Article length

This article seems absolutely huge. For a start I think that the history should be moved to its own page, with a condensed history remaining here. Dancarney 14:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree. I think the excitement that the current season is providing is flooding the page with too much minutiae. Esteban Batista? Dahntay Jones?. Neither even played a regular season game. I think we need to see a little more patience before we add what might very well ammount to historical trivia. Gotta love the enthusiasm though.Mstuczynski (talk) 17:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Superstitions

Don't Celt fans consider it a jinx to wear green during games? Is there any other sports team for whom this superstition is prevalent? I'll add something about this when I find some sources to cite... Ellsworth (talk) 15:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. But if you found something, this would be great. | 8-Hype (talk) 23:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I've grown up in the Boston area my whole life and thats the first I've heard of it. I don't go to enough many Celts games to claim to be an expert, but I think this is just a rumor. I went to the Celts Knicks game earlier this season, and the majority of the crowd was in greenTsurettejr (talk) 23:41, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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Jiri Welsch

Welsch is mentioned in Rebuilding: the Ainge years, but the circumstances of his acquisition are neglected. This was part of the Walker trade, was it not?Mstuczynski (talk) 17:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes he was. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.203.253.127 (talk) 01:11, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Quick Fail GA

Large parts of the article lack sourcing. The introduction could use some expansion Wikipedia:Lead section and some of the sections in the end are stylistically too short and should be rearranged into other sections, new sections, or expanded.User:calbear22 (talk) 20:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

External links

Can somebody please help me? I am unexperienced at editing, and I need somebody to please do following in Boston Celtics#External links:

• Remove the margins between "Awards and achievements", "NBA Finals Champions Navigation Boxes" and "NBA Finals Broadcasters Navigation Boxes".
• In NBA Finals Broadcasters Navigation Boxes: Remove the margins between the respective navboxes.
• In NBA Finals Broadcasters Navigation Boxes: Set the state of the respective navboxes to collapsed.

Thank you in advance! ● 8~Hype ^@ 09:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

"The Boston Celtics have come out with a new logo for the 1995-96 season, but the image of a leprechaun spinning a basketball has been in use since the early 1950s. The logo was originally designed by Zang Auerbach, the brother of Celtics head coach Red Auerbach. The logo has received numerous tweaks over the years, the latest version, shown here, decorated the leprechaun in a gold vest to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary.[37]"

Tense issues aside, the above quotation is from the Wiki article, but appears to be directly lifted from the reference. My understanding of Wikipedia references suggests that they are not be used in such a way. Am I right? JeffHCross (talk) 01:00, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

You were wrong. The Celtics still used the one-colored leprechaun logo in their first year at the FleetCenter (1995-96). They only debuted the colored version of the leprechaun in 1996-97, at the same time the center court logo on the parquet floor was repainted and refreshed. This is to coincide with not only the NBA's 50th anniversary, but also the Celtics' 50th anniversary Ralphierce (talk) 10:00, 14 December, 2008 (UTC)

Please don't change again the logos section of the Boston Celtics, which is the right year of issuance of the updated Celtics logo. Ralphierce (talk) 10:00, 13 April, 2009 (UTC)

References

Tom Thibodeau

I created the article Tom Thibodeau. Please feel free to contribute to this page. ● 8~Hype ^@ 18:23, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

2nd highest margin of victory

I believe that tonight's game is the second highest margin of victory in NBA Finals history. The largest margin was 42 points; tonight's was 39, according to the broadcast by ABC. Dr. Cash (talk) 04:08, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

I could have been wrong -- according to this, this game is the largest margin of victory. Dr. Cash (talk) 04:15, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

It's the second highest margin of victory in NBA finals, but the highest in a finals clincher. -Zomic13 (talk) 05:36, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Specifically game 3 of the 1998 NBA Finals where the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz 96-54. 72.72.86.15 (talk) 16:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

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First African American Coach

Do we want to switch it that Russell was the first African american coach for any major U.S proffessional Sports team?Tannim1 (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Boston Celtics' owner(s)

Why is there the name of John Cena at the 'Owner(s)' slot? Shakurazz (talk) 18:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Boston's captain

Since when KG became team's captain? Shakurazz (talk) 18:03, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Pierce is the captain now. Blackjack676 (talk) 00:22, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Uniforms

Chris Creamers' uniforms from his website are under his ownership and cannot be uploaded and used for Wikipedia. I'm in the process of creating uniforms for every NBA team (slightly the same as the NFL uniforms I've made). Johnny "Seoul" Factor (talk) 19:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I am not aware of this. Thanks for letting me know.—Chris!_c/t 08:07, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

I found that out a few years ago. I've been under the weather recently, but I'm working my hardest to get all of the jerseys done. Johnny "Seoul" Factor (talk) 02:00, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request

As an anonymous user, I'm currently not allowed to alter the article about Shaquille O'Neal, nor am I allowed to add a comment on its Talk page. The article about him ends with a "Shaquille O'Neal on Twitter" link that goes to http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ and that is incorrect. His actual Twitter account is http://twitter.com/Shaq --82.171.70.54 (talk) 21:29, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Seems like someone removed the Twitter link altogether. Google still has no idea where his Twitter is. --82.171.70.54 (talk) 15:17, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Kevin Garnett's Picture

Resolved

 – Fixed alignment—Bagumba (talk) 22:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Now i'm not sure if it's my computer of everyone elses but in the picture (headered) "The Big 3" Kevin's is longers than Pierce and Allen's i've did try to fix it but it seems like it didn't even change 1cm, so anyone knows what is going on? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shekickedmydog (talk • contribs) 22:09, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

See Template:Multiple_image under "Horizontal placement: matching image heights"—Bagumba (talk) 22:57, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Section Heading

Why is there a section titled "The Dino Radja Years"? While Dino played for the Celtics during the time period discussed, the article makes to mention of him and he has no relevance to the retirement of the Big Three and Reggie Lewis' passing. Someone should put in a better title. Bgates3 (talk) 18:59, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

The Celts?

I haven't heard that nickname, ever. And I grew up in Boston... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.124.5.8 (talk) 20:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Personal consequences of information blackout on pronunciation

I checked this talk page because the pronunciation of this team's name has caused me some distress in the course of my life and I wonder that not a single mention is made of the pronunciation in the main article whereas uniform colors seem to be important. There are several inquiries into the pronunciation on this talk page so apparently my own confusion is not unique, in fact the talk page comments parallel my own experience including my confusion regarding whether the 's' sound was intentional or a mistaken pronunciation! I grew up in Massachusetts. Of course the Celtics saturated the television every year during basketball season. I learned to pronounce the word 'Seltics'. The first time I moved out of the Northeastern US and heard of the term 'Keltic' decades later, I insisted that the 'k' version was being mispronounced because I was ignorant of the fact (stated here in the talk page) that both pronunciations were potentially valid. 25 years ago during the course of 'correcting' my 'ignorant' pronunciation from 'Seltic' to 'Keltic' I 'learned' (from urban legend, outside the Northeast) that the Boston Celtics mispronounced their own team name out of ignorance! Decades after having developed a taste for Celtic music, I found myself glitching mentally every time I stumbled across the Boston Celtics either in video or print, because my mind rejected the 'correct' 's' pronunciation as a unique garbled and ignorant version of Americana, until just this minute when at last I read in this talk page that there is actually a grammatical basis for the 's' sound that somehow eluded me for 40 years and my confusion is finally set right (whew). Now I must readjust once more and incorporate the possibility of two correct pronunciations, and unlearn once again the misdirection that I absorbed from my environment. Please prevent some other poor soul from stumbling into my erroneous life path. There is nothing in American educational system to inform a young malleable about the two different but accurate pronunciations (accurate in their own contexts), as far as I know. For the benefit of ignorant Americans, something needs to be included in the body of the main article explaining the pronunciation, and it should also have one of those audio pronunciation guides at the top, because 99% of sports-naive United States citizenry might mispronounce the name of the basketball team as 'Keltik' without some initiation, and 99% of Boston schoolchildren who spend childhood pickled in sports might experience culture shock the first time they leave the Northeast (and perhaps hear the bogus explanation for the discrepancy like I did) unless they understand that there are actually two correct pronunciations. I suspect also that people from the UK would very much like to know how it is pronounced given that they must certainly know it has two correct possibilities, if what is included on the talk page about the roots of the pronunciation is factual. Sorry for the lengthy plea but I am not capable of editing it properly nor do I know the facts with references, but I really think something needs to be done so I wanted the whole story out front in advance in case someone else might be convinced to agree with me and fix it. Sorry also for the revert and replace but I once again forgot that I am supposed to add at the bottom of talk rather than add my comments to the prior relevant entry so I decided to retroactively follow the rules this time and change it after having done it incorrectly.68.183.238.154 (talk) 20:44, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

2012-13 Uniforms

So I found this written at the tail end of the uniforms section:

"Beginning in 2012-13 NBA season, the Celtics will be wore the retro jerseys of the 1980s, this style will be worm uniform for the new big three of the Celtics generally used the Hardwood Classics of this uniform for the home and away rules."

Could someone translate that to English, and depending on the truthfulness of it, substitute the translated version into the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.246.148.223 (talk) 16:23, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Incorrect team names

Resolved

 – Fixed.

In the second and third paragraphs under the "2007–2012: The "Big Three" section, some of the team names cited are incorrect. In the second paragraph - "Cleveland Dogs" should be "Cleveland Cavaliers." "Detroit Alpacas" should be "Detroit Pistons." In the third paragraph - "Pokers" should be "Lakers." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.6.137 (talk) 18:17, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Repairing vandalism

I do not know how it went unnoticed for so long but some editor with three whole edits to their credit, all of them unhelpful, deleted two whole sections of this article. I have restored them, two properly-sourced sections that once more detail the years of the Celtics between 1946 and 1957.Reigndog (talk) 22:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

I also fixed additional apparent vandalism again, later on in the article. I do not know who "Evan" was supposed to be but he was not the General Manager of the Celtics from the 1960's until the 1980's, Red Auerbach was.Reigndog (talk) 22:13, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Head Coaches ?

Looks like they're gone - or never been there...

• 1946-1948   John Russell (42-66) (1-2)
• 1948-1950   Alvin Julian (47-81) (0-0)
• 1950-1966   Red Auerbach (795-397) (90-58)
• 1966-1969   Bill Russell (162-83) (28-18)
• 1969-1978   Tom Heinsohn (427-263) (47-33)
• 1978-1978   Tom Sanders (23-39) (0-0)
• 1978-1979   Dave Cowens (27-41) (0-0)
• 1979-1983   Bill Fitch (242-86) (26-19)
• 1983-1988   K.C. Jones (308-102) (65-37)
• 1988-1990   Jim Rodgers (94-70) (2-6)
• 1990-1995   Chris Ford (222-188) (13-16)
• 1995-1997   M.L. Carr (48-116) (0-0)
• 1997-2001   Rick Pitino (102-146) (0-0)
• 2001-2004   Jim O'Brien (139-119) (13-13)
• 2004-2004   John Carroll (14-22) (0-4)
• 2004-2013   Doc Rivers (416-305) (59-47)
• 2013-Now   Brad Stevens (0-0) (0-0)

Dvd7587 (talk) 07:31, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Rebuilding

We need to try to turn that into a actual article at this point its just a jot notes it looks like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LectricJr (talk • contribs) 01:16, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Boston Celtics/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Needs inline citations per WP:CITE see Wayne Gretzky or Bill Russell for proper citing. Quadzilla99 18:42, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Third Uniform

A few years back, the C's had a third uniform (gold with green lettering, I believe.) Haven't checked if they still use it, they used white and green forever before that, but I figured it'd be good to place at least in the second Big 3 era section. Wanted to get your take. South Nashua (talk) 15:00, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Potential Vandalism

The lead says the Celtics are owned by the Cleveland Cavaliers. That cant be true, and doesn't match the sidebar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.164.3.140 (talk) 15:56, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2020

I want to edit this page to help with the latest news and fact checks. JacksonOfBuckets (talk) 10:17, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

You can request specific changes here on this talk page on the form "Please change X to Y", citing reliable sources. – Thjarkur (talk) 12:15, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

Not recently updated

Please Update this to its date. It is 2020 not 2010. Hoe are peolpe going to know if the celtics won the championship this year.
P.S they lost to the heat in the 5th game.

From, Pete Marr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmarr29 (talk • contribs) 22:45, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2021

Under franchise leader is points, the link for Eric Williams goes to the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. Link should be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Williams_(basketball,_born_1972) 50.210.104.157 (talk) 12:39, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

 Done —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:14, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Update all-time records

the all time records shouldn't be updated at the end of the season they should be as up to date as possible — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvr9 (talk • contribs) 06:16, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

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THE ALL TIME POINT LEADERS EDITING

the all-time leaders in points should be updated as often as possible and should not be confind to only be updated at the end of every season. i will remove the text in the editng area that says only update at the end of every season please do not add it back. if you disagree with this comment on this post with the reason it should be there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vvvr9 (talk • contribs) 07:09, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2022

The Boston Celtics have 22 conference championships, not 10. Please add the following years: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969. Litljok2 (talk) 18:35, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: The two divisions format remained until 1970, when the NBA realigned itself into two conferences with two divisions each, which led to the renaming to Conference Finals. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:44, 3 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 July 2024

change Vistaprint to Amica HarsitBaral (talk) 18:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. PianoDan (talk) 17:26, 10 July 2024 (UTC)