Today in Boston Celtics history, the team traded Charlie Scott for Don Chaney and Kermit Washington in 1977 and handed a first-round pick to their long-time rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers. Chaney was drafted by the Celtics out of Houston with the 12th overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft and played for the American Basketball Association (ABA – a competitive league that later merged with the NBA) St. Louis Spirit before signing with Los Angeles during his career.
Washington was drafted by the Lakers out of American University with the fifth overall pick in the 1973 NBA draft before he was involved in a fight that hospitalized a player and forced him to be traded. “Washington is the key, a big man, a rebounder who can help Cowens,” then-coach Tommy Heinsohn said, via Paul Artner of The Washington Post.
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Scott was also drafted 106th overall by the Celtics (there were many more rounds in that era), but he chose to go to the ABA, where he played for the Virginia Squires and eventually the Phoenix Suns, who traded him to Boston in 1975.
March 6, 1971; New York, NY, USA; File photo; New York Knicks guard Walt Frazier (10) is defended by Boston Celtics guard Don Chaney (12) at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports
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It was also the Celtics’ most field goal-scoring day in their seven-year history in 1960.
This came against the (then) Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State Warriors), and Boston took 136 shots in a 116-101 road loss.
The main culprit appears to be efficiency, as the Celtics made just 39 field goals (28.6% accuracy).
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics History: Chaney-Washington-Scott trade; most FGAs in one game