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Greg Stiemsma’s Contract To Become Fully Guaranteed

The C’s gave their 26-year-old rookie a vote of confidence before Tuesday’s game. By not waiving the seven-footer, Stiemsma’s contract will become fully guaranteed on Friday, allowing the shot blocker to breath a little bit and perhaps unpack some boxes for good in Beantown. Here’s Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston with some reaction from Stiemsma and [...]

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2 days ago

5 Questions With Kemba Walker

I had a chance to talk with Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker prior to the Celtics game against Charlotte on Tuesday night.  Here is what the UConn star, who is averaging 12.3 points, 4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game had to say. 1. How much communication have you had with Michael Jordan this year? Walker: [...]

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3 days ago

I Am Awesome!

Yes. This is a “pat myself on the back” post because a) I’m a jackass and b) I predicted something correctly. Back on January 8th, I predicted that the next ten games will tell us everything we need to know about this Celtics’ team. If they struggled, it was time to blow it up. If [...]

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3 days ago

Pierce Wins Eastern Conference Player Of Week

One day before he’s scheduled to pass Larry Bird for second on the Celtics’ all-time scoring list, Paul Pierce won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award. Pierce averaged 22 points, 6.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds in four Boston wins, playing point forward in Rajon Rondo’s absence. Pierce is only 9 points behind Bird [...]

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4 days ago

Garnett’s Wondrous 3-point Rant

Via ESPN Boston’s Chris Forsberg, who knows a great, playful rant when he hears one, here’s Kevin Garnett discussing his not-so-newfound aptitude for three-point shooting after the C’s took down the Grizzlies. “When I walk around the streets, y’all stop acting like y’all shocked that I can shoot 3’s. Everybody in Boston, everybody in the [...]

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4 days ago

5 Questions With O.J. Mayo

I talked with Memphis guard O.J. Mayo prior to the Celtics-Grizzlies, Super Bowl Sunday game at the Garden.  Here is what the 4th year man out of USC, who is averaging 12.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2 assists per game had to say. 1. You started every game your first two years in the league, [...]

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The Orlando Announcers Do Not Think Mikki Moore and Stephon Marbury are Very Good

This whole Boston-Orlando pseudo-rivalry picked up some steam this week with Orlando’s victory, Stan Van Gundy’s comments, some classic Red’s Army Orlando-bashing, etc. So my ears perked up when I flipped over to the Magic-Bucks game last night and heard the Orlando announcers disparaging our beloved, long-time C’s Mikki Moore and Stephon Marbury. 

About Mikki Moore: The announcers “wouldn’t feel good about Moore playing the P.J. Brown role.” Oh, and he fouls too much. They said Mikki’s fouls are unnecessary and silly “love taps.” This is the greatest injustice against a Celtic big man since someone said Travis Knight was overpaid.

About Steph: If the announcers were Boston, they wouldn’t feel good about Steph playing “the so-called back-up point guard role.” Note the “so-called.” 

I seldom pay attention to announcers unless they are really good, terrible or a famous ex-player such as Dominique in Atlanta. But I believe Orlando’s main TV crew is still David Steele and Matt “Matty” Guokas. Matty Guokas got into a brawl with Sam Jones during the ’67 Eastern Division Finals between Philly and Boston, so he’s obviously an anti-Celtic zealout who cannot be trusted. 

Tommy Heinsohn is far, far too classy for such insulting talk.

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