2000–01 Boston Celtics season

2000–01 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Rick Pitino Jim O'Brien
Arena	Fleet Center
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 9th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Net New England
Radio	WEEI

The 2000–01 Boston Celtics season was the 55th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics struggles continued as they got off to a 12-22 start when a frustrated Rick Pitino resigned. Under replacement Jim O'Brien, the Celtics played around .500 for the rest of the season finishing fifth in the Atlantic Division with a 36-46 record, missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. In the 39 years before the current streak, they had missed the playoffs only five times.

Draft picks

Main article: 2000 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Jérôme Moïso	PF	France	UCLA

Roster

Boston Celtics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 7 Anderson, Kenny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1970–10–09 Georgia Tech C 4 Battie, Tony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1976–02–11 Texas Tech C 30 Blount, Mark 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1975–11–30 Pittsburgh PG 11 Brown, Randy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1968–05–22 New Mexico State SG 43 Carr, Chris 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) 1974–03–12 Southern Illinois SG 44 Griffin, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1974–07–04 Seton Hall PG 12 Herren, Chris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1975–09–27 Fresno State PF 0 McCarty, Walter 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1974–02–01 Kentucky PF 5 Moiso, Jerome 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1975–06–15 UCLA PG 9 Palacio, Milt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1978–02–07 Colorado State SF 34 Pierce, Paul (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1977–10–13 Kansas C 52 Potapenko, Vitaly 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1975–03–21 Wright State SG 20 Stith, Bryant 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1970–12–10 Virginia PF 8 Walker, Antoine (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1976–08–12 Kentucky SF 55 Williams, Eric 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1972–07–17 Providence	Head coach Jim O'Brien (Saint Joseph's) Assistant coach(es) John Carroll (Dickinson College) Lester Conner (Oregon State) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Philadelphia 76ers	56	26	.683	–	29–12	27–14	18–6
x-Miami Heat	50	32	.610	6	29–12	21–20	15–10
x-New York Knicks	48	34	.585	8	30–11	18–23	16–9
x-Orlando Magic	43	39	.524	13	26–15	17–24	14–10
Boston Celtics	36	46	.439	20	20–21	16–25	11–13
New Jersey Nets	26	56	.317	30	18–23	8–33	8–16
Washington Wizards	19	63	.232	37	12–29	7–34	3–21

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

See also

• 2000–01 NBA season