Editing Boston Celtics (section)

====Uniform traditions====
The team also had the tradition of wearing black sneakers through most of their history. According to legend, Celtics patriarch [[Red Auerbach]] had a problem with the white sneakers, claiming that the white sneakers can easily get dirty; hence starting a long tradition with the black sneakers. In the early 1970s, the Celtics changed their sneaker color to green, but by 1985, returned to the customary black due to the difficulty of producing the right shade of Celtic green.<ref name=ctwrblk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fWtfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3646%2C1056226 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Celtics to wear black |date=October 19, 1985 |page=4B |access-date=October 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214010655/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fWtfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3646%2C1056226 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Prior to the [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04 season]], then-Celtics general manager [[Danny Ainge]] and captain [[Paul Pierce]] suggested wearing white sneakers, in part due to a growing number of teams wearing black sneakers. Ainge gladly accepted and the white sneakers have remained since on home games. They still wore the black sneakers on away games, and brought them back for all home games during the [[2004 NBA playoffs]], and in one home game during the [[2005 NBA playoffs]]. In the [[2008–09 NBA season|2008–09 season]], they wore white sneakers with green and gold accents while wearing their St. Patrick's Day jerseys on the road. Most recently, when the Celtics play on [[National Basketball Association Christmas games|Christmas Day]], they wore white or green sneakers with red and gold accents.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/articles/2003/11/05/celtics_court_change_with_a_move_to_white_sneakers/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Celtics court change with a move to white sneakers | first1=Joseph P. | last1=Kahn | date=May 11, 2003 | access-date=February 20, 2020 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305042040/http://www.boston.com/yourlife/fashion/articles/2003/11/05/celtics_court_change_with_a_move_to_white_sneakers/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Since the 2009–10 season, the NBA relaxed its rules on specified sneaker colors, and Celtics players are now seen wearing custom-made and personalized sneakers at home and on the road, although for the most part they wear either green, white or black sneakers.

The Celtics were the only team to wear warmup jackets with the player names on the back. During the 1980s, this style was dominant in most NBA warmup jackets, but by the late 1990s, this style gradually declined. The Celtics, however, kept the design in keeping with tradition, before discontinuing the practice after the 2011–12 season in favor of a templated jacket design common to all 30 teams.