Top-5 All-Time Celtics - SG

For the next couple of weeks, I'll be running down my personal top-5 Celtics at each position, and then creating my All-Time Celtics 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams. I've already broken down the point guards here. Next up? The shooting guards/swingmen:

1. John Havlicek - Hondo's resume says it all - 13-time All-Star, 8 World Championships, 1 Finals MVP (1974), 4 All-NBA 1st Team selections, and 5 NBA All-Defensive 1st Team selections. Additonally, he's also the Celtics' all-time leader in Games, Field Goals Made and Attempted, Minutes, Free Throws Made and Attempted, and, of course, Points. While Havlicek's name is synonomous for stealing the ball, it's also directly associated with what we know today as the "6th Man" (though Frank Ramsey was actually the Celtics' first true 6th man). He is also considered the first great swingman, as Havilicek would often come in as a forward or guard. Hondo was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984, and his #17 hangs above the Garden's parquet floor.

2. Sam Jones - Jones played 12 seasons with the Celtics, and won 10 championships. Is top-10 on the Celtics' all-time list in Minutes (10th), Games (9th), Points (7th), FGA (5th), FGM (5th), FTA (8th), FTM (9th), and FT% (9th). Jones was also a 5-time NBA All Star, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984. Jones' #24 was retired by the Celtics in 1969.

3. Frank Ramsey - Ramsey played 9 seasons with the Celtics, and won 7 championships. While that is extremely impressive, he may be best known for being Boston's, and the NBA's, first "6th Man". Ramsey was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1981. His number 23 has been retired by the Celtics.

4. Bill Sharman - Sharman played 10 seasons with the Celtics, and won 4 titles. He was an All-NBA 1st Team selection 4 times, and 2nd-Team selection 3 times. He was an 8-time All Star, and was widely guarded as the best in the NBA at his position during the late 1950s. Sharman was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976, and his #21 was retired by the Celtics in 1966.

5. Reggie Lewis -Sadly, we'll never know how good Reggie Lewis could have been. He was, and still is, my favorite Celtic of all time. At the time of his death, Lewis was turning into one of the best swingmen in the NBA. He had a great mid-range jump shot, and had developed range from beyond the arc as well. He shot 49% from the field, and 82% from the line for his career, which are both top-10 in Celtics history. On top of that, he wasone of the better defenders in the NBA at his position, and was one of the few players who could actually stick with Michael Jordan. He was to be the new torch-bearer of the Celtics, and carry them through the better part of the 1990s. Unfortunately, that never came to be. The Celtics retired his number 35 in 1995.