Today in Boston Celtics history, Tony Dawson was born in 1967 in Kinston, North Carolina.
Today in Boston Celtics history, Tony Dawson was born in 1967 in Kinston, North Carolina. Brother to Jerry Stackhouse, Dawson played his NCAA ball at Florida Gulf Coast Community College and then later at Florida State University.
After finding himself unselected in the 1989 NBA Draft, the former Seminole forward played abroad for several ball clubs, as well as a few in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA - the equivalent of the G League in that era). Dawson also played for the Sacramento Kings for a short while before he joined the Celtics in 1995.
He played two games with Boston on a pair of 10-day deals before moving on to play overseas again. He averaged 4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in his very short time with the team.
Birthdays
It is the birthday of ex-Celtic guard Damon Jones. He was born in 1976 in Galveston, Texas. An unselected prospect in the 1997 NBA draft out of the University of Houston, Jones played in the CBA and other leagues before getting a shot with the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets in 1999.
Jones converted that opportunity into a pair of 10-day deals and a rest-of-season contract with the Celtics, appearing in 13 games in which he averaged 5.8 points, 2.4 boards and 2.2 assists.
He left the team for the Golden State Warriors in free agency that summer.
Get well soon
Finally, it is also the anniversary of reserve wing Javonte Green's arthroscopic surgery in 2020 on a small meniscal tear in his right knee, per a press release circulated by the team.
He did not play again that season, returning to action for the Celtics at the start of the 2020-21 season instead.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics history: Dawson, Jones born; Green knee surgery
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