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5 days ago

Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]

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TrueHoop network war, Steph’s start and Rondo’s health

NESN’s got themselves a nice little scoop: Team sources tell the network Rondo’s going to miss between seven and 10 days because of his ankle sprain. (H/T: Celtics Blog) The source says it’s just a precautionary measure. But with the C’s two games behind the Cavs in the loss column, any extended Rondo absence means we might want to get used to the idea of being the second seed. I know I have. But the third seed…that just seems wrong. (Note: if Rajon misses a week, he’ll miss a home game against the Grizzlies sandwiched between roadies against the Heat and Bucks). 

Onto less depressing news: Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, our  TrueHoop Network brothers at Forum Blue & Gold have come up with an anti-Celtics holiday t-shirt. Behold:

This is of course a response to the NBA’s not so well-thought-out Lakers St. Patrick’s Day t-shirt:

Now, we love F B&G here at Celtics Hub, but I think we could design a better anti-Lakers St. Patrick’s Day t-shirt. Let’s see the creative people among our readers go to work. 

Meanwhile, after the jump, read about Doc Rivers second-guessing his decision to start Stephon Marbury over Eddie House today.From the Globe’s blog: Rivers called the House-Marbury choice a “Catch-22,” and said he ultimately chose Steph because Marbury needs a crash course in the team’s offense if he’s going to contribute in the playoffs. Steph didn’t play well (three turnovers, no assists) and Doc kept him on the bench for all but about six minutes in the second half. Quoth the coach:

“It’s going to take time. The only way he’s going to get right is by playing.”

Meanwhile both the captain and the coach weren’t happy with the defensive effort tonight: 

“One thing that’s the mainstay of this team is the defense, and that wasn’t there,” Pierce said.

Said Rivers, “We’re picking and choosing right now a little bit in terms of our focus.”

Personally, it seemed like the C’s were having more trouble defending screen-rolls than usual, and they had no one who could match up with Rashard Lewis.

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