​Today in Boston Celtics history, Will Bynum signed a training camp contract with the storied franchise after going unselected in the 2005 NBA Draft. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Bynum played his college basketball at the University of Arizona before transferring to Georgia Tech. In his time at Georgia Tech, Bynum played a pivotal role in leading the team to an NCAA championship game, highlighted by a crucial shot against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, before entering the draft that year. Later that summer, he signed with the Celtics after failing to be picked up by any team in the draft. However, he did not secure a spot on the roster for the season ahead, as he was cut just over two months later, on October 25. Years later, Bynum briefly returned to the Celtics after playing for the Golden State Warriors and the Detroit Pistons. He was traded to Boston in exchange for Joel Anthony in 2014, then waived for the second time by the Celtics nine years and two days after the first time.Bynum never played a game with the Celtics despite having two stints with Boston.BirthdaysIt is the birthday of Roy Rogers, born this day in 1973 in Linden, Alabama. Rogers went to Alabama to play NCAA basketball and was drafted with the 22nd overall pick of the 1996 NBA Draft by the (then) Vancouver (now, Memphis) Grizzlies before being dealt to the Celtics at the end of his rookie season.He played just nine games for Boston before being dealt yet again, this time with Dee Brown, Chauncey Billups, and John Thomas in a trade that brought back Zan Tabak, Kenny Anderson, and Popeye Jones. Rogers averaged 0.8 points and 0.6 boards per game in his brief tenure with the team, and later returned to the club as an assistant coach.Gone Too SoonFinally, it is also the date of the passing of George Munroe, who played just 21 games for the Celtics in 1947-48.The Dartmouth alum logged 3.4 points per game over that stretch.This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Will Bynum signs; Roy Rogers born; Munroe passes