The 1993–94 Boston Celtics season was the 48th season of the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

 in the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 (NBA). This season marked the first since 1978-79 that the Celtics failed to qualify for the NBA playoffs (a streak of 14 seasons). Tragedy struck the team prior to the season when star guard (and team captain) Reggie Lewis died. The absence of Lewis (and the retirements over the previous two seasons of Larry Bird and Kevin McHale) contributed to the poor season. The Celtics had a 7 game winning streak in January, but also had a winless month during the season.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	Acie Earl Acie Earl Acie Boyd Earl is a retired American professional basketball player, who appeared in four NBA seasons, as a 6'10" center.-High school/college:...	C Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...		Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, as a member of the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They currently play in 15,500-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with the school's women's basketball, wrestling, and...

See also

• 1993–94 NBA season