2023 Rewind: Well, Maybe Next Year: The Sexy Men of the Boston Celtics

Christopher Ehlers READ TIME: 13 MIN.

Jaylen Brown

Jaylen Brown

One of the biggest stars on the team, he was drafted by the Celtics in 2016 with the third overall pick. Since then, he's a two-time NBA All-Star and helped the Celtics reach the finals in both 2022 and 2023.

Malcolm Brogdon


Winner of the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, Brogdon became the first second-round pick in the NBA to win the award since 1965.

Justin Champagnie


A newcomer to the Celtics, Champagnie joined the team only last month.

JD Davison


Only 20 years old, Davison played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson Tide where he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top point guards in the 2021 class.

Blake Griffin


Griffin was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft. Since then, he's been a six-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection. After being traded to the Detroit Pistons in 2018 and the Brooklyn Nets in 2021, he was signed to the Celtics in 2022.

Al Horford


Horford played nine seasons with the Atlanta Hawks before joining the Celtics in 2016, moving to the 76ers in 2019, and then rejoined the Celtics in 2021.

Payton Pritchard


This 25-year-old Oregon native was named second-team all-conference in the Pac-12 as a sophomore at the University of Oregon. As a senior, he was a finalist for the Naismith Trophy.

Marcus Smart


Smart was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 2021-22 season, making him only the sixth guard in NBA history to achieve this feat.

Jayson Tatum



One of the NBA's biggest stars, Tatum holds the record for most points scored in an NBA All-Star game. What's more, he won an Olympic Gold Medal in the 2020 Tokyo games.

Derrick White


For the second year in a row, White has proved instrumental in his team getting to–and staying in–the finals.

Grant Williams


Nicknamed "Batman," Williams turned down offers from Harvard and Yale to play for Tennessee before joining the Celtics.

Robert Williams III


This 25-year-old center is nicknamed "Time Lord" and joined the Celtics in 2018.


by Christopher Ehlers

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