The Boston Celtics have built their teams in a number of ways over the decades, but few if any methods have born more fruit than through the NBA draft. The best players to suit up for the Celtics have, by and large, come to Boston either through being taken directly in the annual event, or via trades made that night.
And it is not just the top stars who have been picked up by the Celtics via the draft. Countless members of the storied ball club's alumni have been taken by the team via that annual event, and some schools are better represented than others. We can see blue blood programs and some very small schools both delivering top talent to Boston's rosters over the years, so we decided to take a look at which players came from which schools overall.
So without further ado, let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Celtics out of USF.
K.C. Jones - guard
Draft year and position: 2nd round (6th pick, 14th overall), 1956 NBA Draft
Seasons at USF: 5
Seasons played with Celtics: 9 (8 titles, Hall of Fame)
Gene Brown - guard
Draft year and position: 5th round (8th pick, 40th overall), 1958 NBA Draft
Seasons at USF: 3
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Ollie Johnson - forward
Draft year and position: 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall), 1965 NBA Draft
Seasons at USF: 3
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Russ Gumina - guard
Draft year and position: 8th round (8th pick, 76th overall), 1966 NBA Draft
Seasons at USF: 3
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Byron Jones - forward
Draft year and position: 5th round (17th pick, 86th overall), 1973 NBA Draft
Seasons at USF: 2
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Every USF player drafted by the Boston Celtics
