1999–2000 Boston Celtics season
The 1999–00 NBA season was the 54th season for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Celtics acquired Danny Fortson, and former Celtics forward Eric Williams from the Denver Nuggets, and signed free agents Calbert Cheaney and undrafted rookie guard Adrian Griffin. In the third season under head coach Rick Pitino, the Celtics won their first three games, and played around .500 for the first few months. However, they struggled and suffered a ten-game losing streak between March and April, but managed to win five of their final six  games. Fans and the media began to show their impatience with the struggling franchise, who finished out of the playoffs again with a 35–47 record, fifth in the Atlantic Division. Second-year star Paul Pierce had a stellar season averaging 19.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game, while Antoine Walker averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, Kenny Anderson contributed 14.0 points, 5.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and Vitaly Potapenko provided the team with 9.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Following the season, Dana Barros was traded to the Dallas Mavericks, who  then traded him to the Detroit Pistons two months later, while Cheaney was traded to the Denver Nuggets, Fortson was dealt to the Golden State Warriors, and Pervis Ellison signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics. For the season, the team added their alternate logo of a cloverleaf above the shorts of their uniforms.