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5-on-5: Predicting All-Star Reserves

I was a panelist on the 5-on-5 today at ESPN, choosing reserves for the Eastern and Western Conference all-star teams. I took two Celtics, as noted below. Hit the link to read the rest. 1. Which East and West point guards should be chosen as All-Star reserves? Ryan DeGama, CelticsHub: East: Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo [...]

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1 day ago

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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Fire up your “Celtics are dirty” posts

This is actually more even-handed then I thought it’d be, but NBA Fanhouse (which, as you might have heard, featured a post a month ago in which Sactown Royalty’s great blogger Tom Ziller called the Celtics “dirty”) has a post up suggesting Ray Allen should have been ejected for his elbow to Anderson Varejao’s nether-regions (video below–see the 1:11 mark), and saying the league may fine or suspend Ray. 

As I said in my recap, the elbow was indeed an unnecessary, sort of dirty move, but I don’t think Ray was aiming for Varejao’s groin. (CelticsBlog agrees, and gets the h/t for pointing me to the Fanhouse post). He’s never been that kind of player. I think he was frustrated with how the game was going and over-reacted to getting tangled up with Varejao. Did Varejao swing his right arm in way he knew would send Ray to the floor? I think so, but that doesn’t justify the elbow–at least not quite (though Varejao is an irritating, irritating player, and I mean that with a combination of fondness and hatred). 

Here’s the video. Judge for yourself. (Is it me, or just Varejao shout the “b” word at about :44 second mark?):

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