NBA: Top 5 Players that played for both Celtics & Lakers

#5 Rick Fox

Rick Fox

Career Averages:

Celtics - 444 games - 8.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists

Lakers - 486 games - 4.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists

Unlike Shaw, who bounced around, Rick Fox spent all of his 13 years with these two teams - the first six of his career with the C's (1991-1997) and the last seven with the purple and gold (1997-2004). Not only was he teammates with Shaw when the Lakers three-peated but the duo were also Celtics' teammates during Fox's rookie season, where he made the All-Rookie Second Team.

While that's the only recognition he has received, Fox was a factor defensively, especially in the Lakers 15-1 run in the Playoffs en route to the 2001 title. And during that run, he was also a handy three-point shooter, stretching the floor by making 39.3% of his long-range shots.

Here's an interesting note to the end of his career: Fox was traded back to the Celtics after the 2003-04 season, instead the small forward opted to retire.