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Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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9 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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9 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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10 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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11 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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12 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Big Baby Jumper Watch

Here’s some pictorial/statistical evidence for something we’ve all noticed in the last couple of weeks: Big Baby is shooting better.

Big Baby’s last five games, courtesy of NBA.com’s hot spots:

That’s 12-of-22 on jumpers (54.5 percent). And here’s Baby’s chart for the entire season:

That adds up to 49-of-121 on jumpers (excluding the threes), or 40 percent. Not good.

What’s also interesting here is that Baby has also been finishing a little better around the rim lately. For the season, as you see, he’s at 49 percent (57-of-116)–not really what you want out of a big guy. Earlier this month, Doc said Baby was having a difficult time finishing because he was going up expecting to get fouled instead of trying to finish strong. Maybe he was onto something. Baby’s never going to finish with the ferocity of Shaq or Nene, but he has been going up stronger lately and using the glass well. 

Word of caution: The numbers (on jumpers, at least) don’t really extend beyond the last five games. In his last 10 games, Baby is 14-of-28 on mid-range jumpers. That looks good, but it means he was just 2-of-6 in the first set of five games before hoisting ‘em up in the last give. Still, if he can keep it up, the increased confidence will mean something come June.

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