On this day in Boston Celtics history, big man Luke Cameron Harangody was born in Decatur, Illinois back in 1988. Harangody would play his college ball with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men’s basketball team, where he won three consecutive Second Team All-American honors between 2008 and 2010, winning Big East Player of the Year in 2008.
Harangody was selected with the 52nd overall pick of the Celtics in the 2010 NBA draft, signing a two-year deal with the team in August of that year. The Illinois native would debut against the Detroit Pistons in November of that same year, playing a total of 49 games for the team that drafted him.
Harangody was then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers along with center Semih Erden for draft assets.
Jan. 28, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Boston Celtics forward Luke Harangody against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
It is also the date of the trade that sent Celtic guard Michael John “Red” Wallace to the (now defunct) Toronto Huskies for guard Charlie Hoefer.
Wallace had been one of the Celtics signed to the team in its inaugural season of 1946-47 even before there was a draft to be taken in.
Wallace played 85 contests with Boston over a total of two seasons, averaging 5.5 points per game.
(Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
Hoefer also played parts of two seasons with the Celtics, though in his case, just 42 games in which he put up 5.3 points per game.
Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi
YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ
[mm-video type=video id=01gn8d6q5p7mk9sqeh41 playlist_id=01eqbzegwgnrje4tv2 player_id=01f1jxkahtwnvzepyp image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01gn8d6q5p7mk9sqeh41/01gn8d6q5p7mk9sqeh41-feb68d054304c0258836526971164d1e.jpg]
[lawrence-related id=114843,114782,114841,114838,114856,114834]
[listicle id=114865]
[listicle id=114857]
[listicle id=114698]
[listicle id=114670]
Source link: https://sports.yahoo.com/day-celtic-center-luke-harangody-090012102.html?src=rss
