During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Theis wore only jersey No. 27 and put up 7.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.
The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with the 12th of 13 people to wear the No. 27, Boston big man alum Daniel Theis. After starting his pro career abroad, Theis would go unselected in the 2013 NBA Draft, Theis would sign with the Celtics in 2017 for the first of two stints.
That first stint ended in 2021 with a trade to the Chicago Bulls, with Theis playing for the Houston Rockets as well before being dealt by them back to Boston in 2022 for the rest of the 2021-22 season, and was traded again, this time to the Indiana Pacers in 2023.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Theis wore only jersey No. 27 and put up 7.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 27 - Daniel Theis (2017-21, 2022-23)
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