Today, August 1st, is the 23rd anniversary of former Boston Celtics big man Pervis "never nervous" Ellison being signed by the club.
Kings moves up to No.1 and drafted Pervis Ellison. Traded injury-plagued center the following summer. https://t.co/m3C4pP1HFA
Ellison was plagued by injury for so much of his career, he was nicknamed "Out of Service Pervis" when he and Danny Ainge were both on the Sacramento Kings. Before joining the Celts, Pervis had been released by his former team, the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) after playing 49 and 47 games respectively in his last two seasons with the team.