The Boston Celtics have lost another legend with the passing today of Hall of Famer K.C. Jones. He was 88 years old.
Here is a repost of the biography I wrote of him two years ago when we did our Retired Numbers Project:
Marcus Smart’s number is already retired.
The concept of a fierce, bullish defender with a suspect jumper but nice passing ability is not new to the Boston Celtics. Smart isn’t the first guy like that to “impact winning” on the parquet. In fact, most of those banners under which Smart plays hang there thanks to the contribution of his first iteration, K.