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17 hours 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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1 day 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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2 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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2 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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3 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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Wednesday Links

  • Five Things We Learned: The Age Of Rondo Is Upon Us: For most of the 2008-09 season, people have been struggling to define just how fast Rajon Rondo actually is. It is known, for example, that there is no one in the NBA who can stay in front of him on a consistent basis. It was suggested, by Rondo himself, that he could beat Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt in the 100 meters. It’s taken 82 games, five more in the playoffs and four overtime periods before we could definitively answer the question, but here it is: Rajon Rondo is fast enough to save a season in 94 seconds. [WEEI.com]
  • Paul Pierce picks his spot: For three quarters, he had been largely absent – or as absent as someone can be with 11 points in an NBA playoff game. Paul Pierce knew his season was slipping away. The Celtics were well down the road to a 3-2 deficit to the Chicago Bulls and the very real chance their year would end before they played another game in the Garden. [Boston Herald]
  • Big stage ‘fun’ place to be for rookie Derrick Rose: The basketball world may have been stunned by Derrick Rose’s record-tying effort in the opening game of the Celtics-Bulls series, but don’t count veteran guard Lindsey Hunter among the shocked. As someone who has played alongside Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Kobe Bryant and Chauncey Billups in a 15-year NBA career, Hunter knows a thing or two about backcourt excellence. He feels the sky is the limit for the recently named Rookie of the Year. [Boston Herald]
  • Ray Allen runs afoul of calls: “I was extremely upset, I was disappointed, I thought all game the whistles were bad, but I didn’t want to be that isolated guy who was on the sideline pouting. We had to win a game, and those were the cards we were dealt.” [Boston Herald]
  • Flagrant cries: You all have friends and relatives scattered across the country, imbedded in the very cities in which Our Teams have annihilated the competition en route to capturing championship . . . after championship . . . after championship. And now it’s Chicago’s turn to hate Boston. [Boston Herald]
  • Truth: Paul Pierce is still the Truth when it matters most. [CelticsBlog]

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