The retired numbers project: Number 25- K.C. Jones

From now until February 11, Red’s Army will be posting stories about the players behind the Celtics’ 22 retired numbers and that one retired nickname. Stories will be posted in the order that the numbers were retired.

Marcus Smart’s number is already retired.

The concept of a fierce, bullish defender with a suspect jumper but nice passing ability is not new to the Boston Celtics. Smart isn’t the first guy like that to “impact winning” on the parquet. In fact, most of those banners under which Smart plays hang there thanks to the contribution of his first iteration, K.C. Jones.

When most people talk about defense on those old Celtics teams, the conversation usually begins and ends with Bill…