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 Virginia.
Buzz Wilkinson - guard
Draft year and position: 3rd round (4th pick, 20th overall), 1955 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 3
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Bill Langloh - guard
Draft year and position: 5th round (12th pick, 100th overall), 1977 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 4
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Steve Castellan - forward
Draft year and position: 7th round (2nd pick, 130th overall), 1979 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 4
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Craig Robinson - forward
Draft year and position: 3rd round (21st pick, 68th overall), 1983 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 4
Seasons played with Celtics: did not make the team
Rick Carlisle - guard
Draft year and position: 3rd round (23rd pick, 70th overall), 1984 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 2
Seasons played with Celtics: 3 (1 title)
Tom Sheehey - center
Draft year and position: 4th round (1st pick, 70th overall), 1987 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 4
Seasons played with Celtics: 2
Junior Burrough - forward
Draft year and position: 2nd round (4th pick, 33rd overall), 1995 NBA Draft
Seasons at Virginia: 4
Seasons played with Celtics: 1
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Every Virginia player drafted by the Boston Celtics
