When Celtics rookie Luke Harrangody was not given his longtime #44 this Summer, some speculated that Danny Ainge might be getting his number retired. To me this would have been ridiculous for the one time NBA all-star. The more realistic explanation was that Boston Celtics great Brian Scalabrine was going to get the honor. Celtics Life has learned that in fact the retirement ceremony is going down tonight at halftime of the Celtics/Bulls game.
When reached for comment the Celtics initially would neither confirm nor deny the ceremony, but Danny Ainge took to his favorite medium, twitter, to tweet the following:
Wyc has been wanting to honor Brian for quite some time. We actually considered retiring his number last year while he was still a member of the team, but then we thought that might start a bad precedent. What would Paul Pierce and Von Wafer think? Would we have to retire their numbers while still in uniform as well?
Personally for me this is rather special, because my shin...
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