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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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11 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: Tweet

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The Truth Hurts (along with the rest of the C’s roster)

It’s all starting to make more sense now. The news has come via Doc Rivers on WEEI’s Dennis and...

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It Begins: Sixers to Interview Thibodeau

Via the AP: The interview was confirmed by a person familiar with the decision who spoke to The Associated Press...

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Monday afternoon links

Helpless against this firing squad: He sent Tony Allen and Gabe Pruitt in for captain Paul Pierce and Ray Allen....

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Season Over: Orlando 101, Boston 82

There will be time in the next 48 hours to analyze this game completely and review what was a fun season for the...

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So it goes: Magic 101 , Celtics 82

That’s all she wrote folks… Some quick thoughts from Brian Robb on the action: Some Bullets on Game 7...

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It’s Time for Game 7

After what has seemed like an interminable wait for some reason, we finally get Game 7 today. Is this the end of...

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Patrick Ewing Continues to Be Awesome

Normally I wouldn’t pay any attention to a media-generated story like an assistant coach guaranteeing...

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Around the Web for Game 7: “We Will Be Ready”

Piles of coverage out there to prep you for a Game 7 at least one Magic pundit is calling the biggest game in...

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An Old Enemy Re-Emerges

Lost in all the attention on Dwight Howard’s touches is the fact that the Celtics committed 22 turnovers in...

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We’ve Seen This Before: Magic 83, Celtics 75

It hasn’t been easy for this Celtic team all year long. Last night was no exception as they dropped an extremely...

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