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Rondo Replacing Johnson on All-Star Team

The Herald got it right from Rondo’s agent. According to his agent, Bill Duffy, the Celtics point guard has been named to the Eastern Conference All-star roster, presumably to replace Joe Johnson, the injured Atlanta Hawks guard. This would be Rondo’s third all-star appearance. Nice birthday present for RR, who probably should have been selected [...]

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3 days ago

Comments Deleting?

We apologize if your comments are being deleted (provided that they are not offensive). We are looking into why this is happening. We also want to apologize for the lack of a game thread for last night’s game.  We had a premonition that the Celtics would play that poorly and thought if we pretended the [...]

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7 days ago

5 Questions With Greg Monroe

I talked with Detroit star forward Greg Monroe prior to the Celtics-Pistons game on Wednesday night.  Here is what the 2nd year big man out of Georgetown, who is averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game had to say. 1. Just your 2nd year in the league, but playing so well, were you disappointed [...]

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8 days ago

Call for Responses: 5-on-5

Readers! Last week’s responses to the 5-on-5 questions were really, really great. We had way more qualified answers than we were able to use. So we’re going to keep doing it! FOREVER. Here are this week’s questions: 1. Are you concerned about Rondo’s media boycott this week? 2. The trade deadline is less than a [...]

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11 days ago

5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

I talked with Chicago starting guard Ronnie Brewer prior to the Celtics-Bulls game on Sunday.  Here is what the 6th year man out of Arkansas who is averaging 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists had to say. 1. You guys have a lot of the same players back from last year’s team which was [...]

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13 days ago

5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

I talked to Los Angeles back up big man Josh McRoberts prior to the Celtics-Lakers game Thursday night at the Garden.  Here is what the former Duke Blue Devil, who is averaging 2.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in his first year in LA, had to say. 1. How have you guys been able to deal [...]

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Friday Morning Quarterbacking what the Celtics needed at the trade deadline

Not as good as Miller, but Joe Smith would’ve fit the bill
By Zach Lowe, CelticsHub.com

The Celtics need a clone of Brad Miller who makes about $2 million. The lineups that worry me are the second- and fourth-most commonly played line-ups, according to 82games — those that include either Pierce or Ray Allen along with a combo of House-Powe-Davis-Tony Allen.

The Pierce line-up, which has played 145 minutes so far, is below average offensively compared with the C’s numbers, and it’s not hard to see why — Pierce is the only player that can create his own shot consistently.

House, a decent scorer when he’s hot, is basically a three-point bomber defenses can key on knowing they don’t have to help off of him in most circumstances.

A Miller type wouldn’t solve this problem, but it would at least give Boston someone who can hit an open 18-foot jumper consistently and finish strong around the basket. He’d immediately become the best passer in this line-up, someone who can create for others from the high post.

Swingman needed after Tony Allen injury
By Brian Robb, CelticsHub.com

It would be easy for me to say that the Celtics biggest need is a big man with two young undersized power forwards as backups for our 4 and 5 spots.

Leon Powe and Glen Davis have had their ups and downs all season and obviously could use another big body like a Joe Smith to help them out. That being said I do not think a big man should be the team’s biggest priority right now. Instead I think this time could use a swingman that can shoot.

The injury to Tony Allen obviously has made the need more glaring but I would have been calling for this even more TA went down. If you look at the play of the bench unit this year, the offensive has appeared incredibly stagnant. The numbers from 82 games back up this offensive
inefficiency.

When you watch the 2nd team of House-TA-Powe-Davis in there with either Paul Pierce or Ray Allen there have been a numbers of problems. The main issue for me though is that with Eddie House playing point, there is no other shooting threat on the floor besides Paul/Ray.

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